Budget airlines like Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest are struggling to turn a profit.
Low-cost veteran David Neeleman told BI that Spirit and Frontier should merge to survive.
The still-in-service airlines Neeleman founded, like JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Canada's WestJet, and Breeze Airways, largely follow this idea.
Historically, these strategies have been absent from the likes of Spirit, Frontier, and Southwest, which have stuck to all-economy aircraft with little choice.
Southwest Airlines boats an open-seating policy where seats are first-co,me first-serve.
Persons:
David Neeleman, —, David Neeleman —, Thomas Pallini, haven't, Neeleman, that's, Barry Biffle, They're, we've, WestJet, Scott Kirby, doesn't, Kevin Carter, Breeze
Organizations:
Service, JetBlue —, Breeze Airways, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Street, Frontier, Neeleman, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Morris Air, Spirit, Airbus
Locations:
Southwest, Frontier, Breeze