Spirit Airlines delays merger vote again

Published July 15, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT

For a fourth time, Spirit has delayed a vote on its merger with Frontier Airlines.

Host Tonya Mosley speaks with Here & Now transportation analyst Seth Kaplan about what’s behind the delay, and the announcement this week that Delta turned its biggest profit since the start of the pandemic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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