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Spirit's Ch. 11 Marks Shift To Debt Reduction Over Cost Cuts
With fresh court approval of its Chapter 11 plan in hand, Spirit Airlines is set to emerge from bankruptcy carrying $795 million less in debt, marking a new generation of air carriers to file for bankruptcy in order to shave debt rather than cut operating costs, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Spirit Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK; J&J Unit Brings Ch. 11 Plan To Trial
A bankruptcy judge gave Spirit Airlines the all-clear to eliminate nearly $800 million in debt while giving creditors control over the business; Johnson & Johnson's talc spinoff went to trial over a proposed Chapter 11 plan; and the U.S. Trustee's Office took issue with the final $52 million fee application from lawyers for a New York Catholic diocese.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Sticky's Chicken asked a New York bankruptcy judge to flip its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 after cold and congestion pricing undercut its plans to reemerge from bankruptcy a healthier company, a former Silicon Valley Bank employee asked a bankruptcy judge to approve her late submission of a claim in the bankruptcy case of SVB's defunct parent and FTX defended adversary cases it brought over alleged fraud in the debtor's prebankruptcy acquisition of a stock trading platform.
Spirit's Ch. 11 Marks Shift To Debt Reduction Over Cost Cuts
With fresh court approval of its Chapter 11 plan in hand, Spirit Airlines is set to emerge from bankruptcy carrying $795 million less in debt, marking a new generation of air carriers to file for bankruptcy in order to shave debt rather than cut operating costs, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Spirit Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK; J&J Unit Brings Ch. 11 Plan To Trial
A bankruptcy judge gave Spirit Airlines the all-clear to eliminate nearly $800 million in debt while giving creditors control over the business; Johnson & Johnson's talc spinoff went to trial over a proposed Chapter 11 plan; and the U.S. Trustee's Office took issue with the final $52 million fee application from lawyers for a New York Catholic diocese.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
Sticky's Chicken asked a New York bankruptcy judge to flip its Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 after cold and congestion pricing undercut its plans to reemerge from bankruptcy a healthier company, a former Silicon Valley Bank employee asked a bankruptcy judge to approve her late submission of a claim in the bankruptcy case of SVB's defunct parent and FTX defended adversary cases it brought over alleged fraud in the debtor's prebankruptcy acquisition of a stock trading platform.
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