Frontier sweetens offer for Spirit Airlines merger as shareholder vote looms

Frontier sweetens offer for Spirit Airlines merger as shareholder vote looms


A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Frontier Airlines sweetened its offer to combine with fellow budget carrier Spirit Airlines, that airline said late Friday, less than a week before Spirit shareholders are set to vote on the deal.

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