Town Hall 2 Cliff Notes
#3
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Joined APC: Jan 2020
Posts: 44
TOWNHALL 04/29/2020 notes:
• Figuring out what is “right sized” May possibly end up as a smaller airline
• $130 million additional debt (loans) have been acquired.
• $335 million CARES, half received last week
• Cares only covers 70% of NK payroll
• Gov loan app will be submitted within 24 hours, must be secured by assets of NK. Limited assets to pledge
• Q & A:
• Flew 5000 guests today
• VIL people, thanks for giving up your pay but tough luck. Sorry I didn’t have a crystal ball. (BENDO)
• No increase in bookings so far
• So far no mandate for masks on aircraft (just encouraging)but it’s evolving.
• (Social) Distance dots for boarding.
• October 1st. Watching and waiting. Fluid. Will be (passenger)demand driven. Evaluating a range of outcomes. If rebound is quick we will grow. If very slow, we will possibly be smaller, less airplanes and crews.
• Focused on day to day liquidity right now. Would like to be in the best possible position to take over gates/slots in the future
• There is a potential for merger/acquisition. If so we want to be the ones in control of that discussion.
• Current cash on hand confidential, generating liquidity with loans etc
• Daily cash burn confidential, aiming to be in top quarter of airlines for lowest cash burn
• Fuel hedge - we historically do not hedge.
• Spirit should be one of the first airlines to get future business (recover) due to our price structure. Leisure based low fare carriers are best positioned
• Trying to defer new plane orders
• OCC move to BNA is still on PAUSE.
• No immediate plans to try supplementing income by flying cargo
• Keep your chin up!
• Figuring out what is “right sized” May possibly end up as a smaller airline
• $130 million additional debt (loans) have been acquired.
• $335 million CARES, half received last week
• Cares only covers 70% of NK payroll
• Gov loan app will be submitted within 24 hours, must be secured by assets of NK. Limited assets to pledge
• Q & A:
• Flew 5000 guests today
• VIL people, thanks for giving up your pay but tough luck. Sorry I didn’t have a crystal ball. (BENDO)
• No increase in bookings so far
• So far no mandate for masks on aircraft (just encouraging)but it’s evolving.
• (Social) Distance dots for boarding.
• October 1st. Watching and waiting. Fluid. Will be (passenger)demand driven. Evaluating a range of outcomes. If rebound is quick we will grow. If very slow, we will possibly be smaller, less airplanes and crews.
• Focused on day to day liquidity right now. Would like to be in the best possible position to take over gates/slots in the future
• There is a potential for merger/acquisition. If so we want to be the ones in control of that discussion.
• Current cash on hand confidential, generating liquidity with loans etc
• Daily cash burn confidential, aiming to be in top quarter of airlines for lowest cash burn
• Fuel hedge - we historically do not hedge.
• Spirit should be one of the first airlines to get future business (recover) due to our price structure. Leisure based low fare carriers are best positioned
• Trying to defer new plane orders
• OCC move to BNA is still on PAUSE.
• No immediate plans to try supplementing income by flying cargo
• Keep your chin up!
#5
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2019
Posts: 110
TOWNHALL 04/29/2020 notes:
• Figuring out what is “right sized” May possibly end up as a smaller airline
• $130 million additional debt (loans) have been acquired.
• $335 million CARES, half received last week
• Cares only covers 70% of NK payroll
• Gov loan app will be submitted within 24 hours, must be secured by assets of NK. Limited assets to pledge
• Q & A:
• Flew 5000 guests today
• VIL people, thanks for giving up your pay but tough luck. Sorry I didn’t have a crystal ball. (BENDO)
• No increase in bookings so far
• So far no mandate for masks on aircraft (just encouraging)but it’s evolving.
• (Social) Distance dots for boarding.
• October 1st. Watching and waiting. Fluid. Will be (passenger)demand driven. Evaluating a range of outcomes. If rebound is quick we will grow. If very slow, we will possibly be smaller, less airplanes and crews.
• Focused on day to day liquidity right now. Would like to be in the best possible position to take over gates/slots in the future
• There is a potential for merger/acquisition. If so we want to be the ones in control of that discussion.
• Current cash on hand confidential, generating liquidity with loans etc
• Daily cash burn confidential, aiming to be in top quarter of airlines for lowest cash burn
• Fuel hedge - we historically do not hedge.
• Spirit should be one of the first airlines to get future business (recover) due to our price structure. Leisure based low fare carriers are best positioned
• Trying to defer new plane orders
• OCC move to BNA is still on PAUSE.
• No immediate plans to try supplementing income by flying cargo
• Keep your chin up!
• Figuring out what is “right sized” May possibly end up as a smaller airline
• $130 million additional debt (loans) have been acquired.
• $335 million CARES, half received last week
• Cares only covers 70% of NK payroll
• Gov loan app will be submitted within 24 hours, must be secured by assets of NK. Limited assets to pledge
• Q & A:
• Flew 5000 guests today
• VIL people, thanks for giving up your pay but tough luck. Sorry I didn’t have a crystal ball. (BENDO)
• No increase in bookings so far
• So far no mandate for masks on aircraft (just encouraging)but it’s evolving.
• (Social) Distance dots for boarding.
• October 1st. Watching and waiting. Fluid. Will be (passenger)demand driven. Evaluating a range of outcomes. If rebound is quick we will grow. If very slow, we will possibly be smaller, less airplanes and crews.
• Focused on day to day liquidity right now. Would like to be in the best possible position to take over gates/slots in the future
• There is a potential for merger/acquisition. If so we want to be the ones in control of that discussion.
• Current cash on hand confidential, generating liquidity with loans etc
• Daily cash burn confidential, aiming to be in top quarter of airlines for lowest cash burn
• Fuel hedge - we historically do not hedge.
• Spirit should be one of the first airlines to get future business (recover) due to our price structure. Leisure based low fare carriers are best positioned
• Trying to defer new plane orders
• OCC move to BNA is still on PAUSE.
• No immediate plans to try supplementing income by flying cargo
• Keep your chin up!
For the first time I heard Ted being more realistic (or sincere) about the future. “Smaller airline” “right size” ..... I personally think it’s almost impossible we would be back to our pre-covid19 size on October 1st. How smaller? That’s the 2.5b dollar question. We’ll see what happens with states reopenings.
The good news: we are in a good position to to take advantage of the recovery momentum. Let’s hope we don’t chapter 11 first.
On a side note to Bendo: I’m glad I didn’t bid for a VIL in May
#10
Cliff notes: Summer is down the drain (despite what some of the APC analysis had predicted). Hoping for demand to return in fall (ted says there is still hope for that, still a little early), and if not we will be right-sizing the airline
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