Passengers flying Spirit Airlines might need to conceal some tattoos or put on more clothing for their next flight, according to the airline’s updated contract for travelers. As of January 22, Spirit has updated its contract of carriage, declaring passengers “shall not be permitted to board” or “may be required to leave an aircraft” if they are “barefoot or inadequately clothed, or whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature.” It also describes “inadequately clothed” as “see-through clothing, not adequately covered, exposed breasts, buttocks or other private parts.” Fashion choices have long been a problem for air travelers, as many have been singled out and denied boarding, and in some cases, gone viral for their situations. Spirit previously had banned barefoot passengers and clothing deemed “lewd, obscene or offensive in nature,” but specified further in its update to the contract. In October, a woman named Tara Kehidi said she and a friend were asked by a Spirit flight attendant to leave because they were wearing crop tops. The situation has happened on other airlines, too.<br/>
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US start-up carrier Breeze Airways reports posting its first quarterly profit since launching in May 2021. Salt Lake City-based Breeze said on 23 January that the milestone is partially attributable to holiday travel demand, which overcame the dampening effect of the recent US presidential election on bookings, in addition to the maturation of its brand and domestic network. ”In the last part of October and first part of November, we saw bookings start to trend down for a little bit,” Trent Porter, Breeze’s CFO, told FlightGlobal on 22 January. “Then, we saw it pick up in the back half of November and carry into December. What we were able to achieve actually exceeded what our models were projecting given the strength of what we saw in the fourth quarter.” Breeze added about 30 new cities to its expanding network in 2024, increasing year-on-year passenger capacity as measured by available seat miles (ASMs) by more than 50%. <br/>