Spirit Airways stated Chief Government Officer Ted Christie is stepping down, lower than a month after the pioneering low cost provider emerged from chapter.
Christie’s departure from the corporate and the board is efficient instantly, mum or dad Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. stated Monday in a press release. Till a successor is known as, the corporate can be led by three prime executives. Matt Klein, the provider’s chief industrial officer, is also leaving.
The shock CEO change caps a rocky few years for Spirit, which almost merged with JetBlue Airways Corp. earlier than that deal was blocked on antitrust grounds. Spirit has struggled to maintain prices manageable as an impartial airline, and filed for chapter late final 12 months. The corporate not too long ago engaged in unsuccessful mixture talks with Frontier Group Holdings Inc. earlier than rising from chapter final month.
Christie had served as CEO since 2019, and joined the provider in 2012 as chief monetary officer. He beforehand labored at Frontier as chief monetary officer.
Spirit can be led briefly by a newly fashioned workplace of the president that can embody CFO Fred Cromer, Chief Working Officer John Bendoraitis and Common Counsel Thomas Canfield.
Rana Ghosh, Spirit’s chief transformation officer, will succeed Klein as chief industrial officer.
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