Spirit Airlines is the budget boss of the skies, an ultra-low-cost carrier based in Miramar, Florida, specializing in no-frills flights to dozens of spots across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, where you pay rock-bottom fares but get dinged for everything from bags to water – because who needs luxuries when you're saving bucks? It started as a trucking company in the 1960s before shifting to air charters in the 1990s and rebranding to its current yellow-plane glory, growing through a model that's all about packing 'em in and charging extra for the privilege.
Spirit's been all aboard the virtue train with DEI&B (yes we had to look this up too) reports pushing representation and belonging (complete with resource groups for every flavor of identity), Pride sponsorships that rainbow-up the workplace, BLM nods via travel donations to social justice crews, ESG strategies chasing greener flights amid the irony of budget jet fumes, and racial equity goals aiming to "diversify" the crew faster than a gate change.
