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Old 11-20-2025 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyFlorida2025
Don't forget to add the 30 million they just got for selling a couple gates at O'HARE to American Airlines. https://document.epiq11.com/document...=SPJ&source=DM
Here's the problem...you can't add that $30M to Spirit's cash. Its a net zero. All Spirit did was give up 2 gates in ORD for no net gain in cash.

The docs state that the $30M sale proceeds are being used to pay off part of the $475M DIP financing that was just approved. It means the creditors loaned in money to give Spirit runway, but then is selling assets to get back a portion of their $475M. So Spirit doesn't have $30M more. So now the DIP investors are only owed $445M, effectively. Its not $475M plus $30M of cash.

I wonder how quickly they will keep selling assets to recoup their $475M and what will be left over once they get that money back?

The only win here is Spirit owes $30M less in debt, but it also lost two pretty good gates in ORD because of it that its not going to get back.
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