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The pandemic airlines recovery has seen a scramble to capture leisure travelers in the U.S., with legacy carriers adding routes to leisure destinations to make up for the shortfall of business travelers. That’s brought heavy competition to low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which had seen success taking flyers to places like Florida and Las Vegas well before Covid was a household name.
Spirit said this week it likes where it is at despite the big carrier competition, with strength on routes to Florida, Vegas, and California, so much so it expects to be profitable in the second half.