Exclusive: Inside the faltering talks between the Trump administration and Spirit Airlines
Details on a private call between Commerce Secretary Lutnick and Spirit’s CEO where the two agreed it was over.
Read how it all went down as Spirit prepared for the end
Team effort w/ @alyrose@gladstonea
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is in talks with other budget airlines about a combined $2.5 BILLION lifeline. Frontier and Avelo are among the airlines who recently made this pitch to Trump admin officials.
That detailed proposal has been brought to the White House and comes as the admin is nearing an up to $500 million lifeline with Spirit Airlines
Team effort w/ @alyrose and @JDeanSeal
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is nearing a rescue deal for Spirit Airlines that would loan the discount carrier as much as $500 million. https://t.co/pbcLuEwNyQ
Honorable Mention: Breaking News - Large Division: ‘Is It OK if I Hold Your Hand?’: Inside the Cabin of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, by @alyrose, @patiencehaggin, @AllisonPohle and @sharonterlep. https://t.co/O1xYz6t2fx
For more than a decade, commercial and military pilots warned that the congested airspace around DCA leaves little margin for error.
And yet the number of flights kept increasing.
With @jackgillum@alyrose@glubold@nancyayoussef https://t.co/s3sMUtioKG
Ex-Federal Aviation Administration exec Chris Rocheleau is expected to return to the agency to lead it on an interim basis. Scoop from @AndrewTangel & @alyrose
https://t.co/u6rFa83OKc
A couple sitting next to me—it was a three-seat row—on my flight to Rome started doing this, watching videos together without headphones. I simply took out my pods, turned to the gentleman, and said, "This just is not acceptable, you're going to have to stop," and they did
WSJ front page today: "If security lines, flight delays and long layovers weren’t enough, there’s a new scourge facing holiday travelers: a surprising number of people who think it’s totally OK to have phone conversations on speaker, or watch movies and shows without headphones."
You see all sorts of interesting behavior at the airport. But most baffling off all: people who think it’s OK to have phone conversations on speaker. https://t.co/945qHcnNu0 via @WSJ
'At first it irritated me. Then it annoyed me. Then it got me angry. Now I’m just bewildered.' @alyrose on the real scourge of holiday travel. https://t.co/Oa0l6RNOgK
President-elect Donald Trump didn’t get to fly on a new Air Force One during his first term. He likely won’t get to fly on a new presidential plane in his second term, either. https://t.co/4dV6aJz2S7
Airlines are making more money now by allocating seats that used to be coach into higher class designations that cost more. "What you’re seeing actually is the transition of the airplane cabin to look a lot more like American society." https://t.co/KF6MMhkYgS