ARLINGTON, Virginia—Ben Baldanza, former president and CEO of U.S. ULCC Spirit Airlines, died Nov. 5 after a long battle with ...

Former Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza, 62, died Nov. 5, former Wall Street Journal travel columnist Scott McCartney confirmed on his podcast, which he had co-hosted with Baldanza.

Ben Baldanza, who helped pioneer discount air travel as head of Spirit Airlines Inc. and became a target of passenger irritation over no-frills flights, has died. He was 62.

Ben Baldanza, who worked four decades in the US airline industry and helped create the ultra-low-cost model as former chief ...

Ben Baldanza passes away aged 62 . Since stepping away from Spirit, Baldanza continued to be a force in the industry, including serving on the board of JetBlue Airways and launchi ...

What Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency after his victory Tuesday will mean for the travel industry—and specifically business travel—in and out of the United States won’t be clear for some ...

Spirit Airlines, well known for flying the budget-friendly skies, will be downsizing part of its fleet and cutting jobs in an ...

Spirit is financially troubled and vulnerable right now, and Frontier sees an opening. Spirit may be having its share of ...

The hasty move is being done in an effort to make back money the company has lost, as the sale of the 23 planes will rake in ...