On the call were the major bondholders of Spirit Aviation Holdings — including Ken Griffin's Citadel and Ares Management Corp. — and the question on the table was whether to accept the rescue terms the Trump administration had put forward.
The proposal: a $500 million federal injection that would give the U.S. government a 90% equity stake in the reorganized carrier, with the Pentagon agreeing to use Spirit's excess capacity to move troops and cargo for the escalating Middle East conflict.
The most consequential decision in the final week of Spirit Airlines’ 34-year history was not made in a White House briefing room or at a Department of Transportation hearing. It was made in a creditor conference call, and what was really on the table was a spreadsheet that no longer worked. On...
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