ULCC Showdown: How The First Quarter Compared Among US Carriers

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2021-05-17

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Simple Flying

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The ultra-low-cost carriers are compared here to determine how they each performed for the first quarter of 2021. The airlines are hoping for a more profitable quarter this summer. The four major ULCC's of Spirit, Frontier, Sun Country, and Allegiant sell unbundles fares and outfit their aircraft with a single-class configuration. The nature of the unbundles fare allows for these airlines to have other revenue streams which come from their ancillary fees for baggage, seat selection, or flight flexibility.

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Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Allegiant Air, Net financial results, Fleet size, Capacity, Load factor, CASM, Base fare per customer, Ancillary fares per passenger

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