For the second time this month, Broward County’s Spirit Airlines has postponed a final decision on whether to go ahead with a planned merger with Frontier Airlines.
On Wednesday night, less than 24 hours before Spirit’s shareholders were supposed to vote on the proposed combination with the Denver-based discount carrier, Spirit said it postponed the special meeting of shareholders to vote on the deal until July 8.
Spirit said in a prepared statement it was delaying the shareholders’ tally so the airline’s board of directors can continue discussions with Frontier and New York-based JetBlue Airways. The vote originally was set for June 10, before Spirit had delayed it until June 30.
