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Spirit Airlines’ anticipated merger with ultra-low-cost competitor Frontier Airlines is expected to create thousands of jobs. But the combined company would have about 10,000 positions to fill at the height of a shortage of pilots and aviation talent that has been brewing for years.
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Combined, Miramar-based Spirit (Nasdaq: SAVE) and Denver-based Frontier Airlines (Nasdaq: ULCC) had a fleet of 283 aircraft at the end of 2021.
There were 173 aircraft in Spirit’s fleet, and 110 in Frontier’s, according to a note to investors from senior analyst Helane Becker, a managing director with New York-based Cowen.
The airlines would more than double their combined fleet in the coming years, with 350 aircraft set to be delivered this decade, Becker said in a note to investors.
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