Ny toppsjef i Spirit

[LN-MOW]

Dette skjedde temmelig brått og har ført til spekulasjoner om at de ønsker å kjøpe opp eller slå seg sammen med andre flyselskaper - i første rekke Frontier.

Spirit Airlines has announced today that Robert L. Fornaro has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Fornaro comes to succeed Ben Baldanza, who joined Spirit in 2005 as Chief Operating Officer and served as President and CEO since 2006.

In a press statement, Baldanza thanked Spirit’s management team members “for their support and efforts in making Spirit the success that it is today. I am focused on supporting a seamless transition and wish the Company and Bob continued success in the future.” Baldanza also praised Fornaro’s leadership, which considers as “the right choice to lead the company through its next phase of growth.”

http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/01/...s-fornaro-ceo/

[LN-MOW]

Og Spirit fortsetter å herme etter Ryanair og ønsker nå å gjøre noe med sitt noe frynsete rykte ..

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/bu...wdry.html?_r=1

You get what you pay for, was the Spirit spirit. And for everything else, you pay extra. The airline led the way in charging travelers extra fees to check a bag or even carry on a bag, or to do much of anything besides sitting in the cramped cheap seats. Spirit has also become a pacesetter in other traveler-unfriendly categories, routinely achieving the industry’s highest rate of consumer complaints and worst on-time performance.

But the new chief executive, Robert Fornaro, six months into his job, says he is ready to put a new face on Spirit and a new emphasis on customer service. The makeover also includes toning down the frat-boy image, cleaning up the cabins and maybe even getting more of the planes to arrive on time.

[EB]

Har de hatt og/eller har de samme eier som Frontier?

[LN-MOW]

Nei.


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[EB]

Men kanskje de får det i fremtiden...

https://www.thestreet.com/story/1350...-airlines.html

[CaptainMorgan]

Hadde min første flygning med Spirit forrige helg, da jeg ikke hadde andre alternativer. Meget lite imponert over selskapet. Det er som de sier; man får ingenting. Og når det er sagt, så var ikke billettene mine billige heller.. men sånn er det kanskje på alle monopolruter

[LN-RTP]

Bare fløyet Spirit en gang, fra Fort Lauderdale til Nassau. Var greit nok det, i rute og god benplass siden satt bak forreste døra. Så kort tur at det ble ikke noe negativt å sette fingeren på, men har også hørt skrekkhistoriene..

[LN-MOW]

Originally Posted by EB

Men kanskje de får det i fremtiden...

https://www.thestreet.com/story/1350...-airlines.html

Ja, dette ble øyeblikkelig trukket frem som en mulighet da Fornaro tok over. Foreløpig er det nok mest en avisand, men man skal aldri si aldri.