Spirit to retire five aircraft, reduce staff in cost-cutting bid

Spirit Airlines last week announced a plan to reduce nonfuel expenses by 15% through the retirement of five aircraft, schedule adjustments and layoffs. "We can't sit back and hope for fuel prices to fall. We will attack this challenge by adapting our business to the structural change in fuel prices...

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