Latest archived mark · 2010
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Latest archived mark · 2014
Spirit Airlines
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Allegiant Air | Spirit Airlines |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United States | United States |
| Founded | 1997 | 1983 |
| Founder | Mitch Allee | Ned Homfeld |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Miramar, Florida, United States |
| Name origin | The airline was founded as WestJet Express in 1997. After a trademark dispute with Westjet Air Center of Rapid City, South Dakota, and because the name resembled Canada's WestJet, it adopted the name Allegiant Air. | Wikipedia does not explain why the company chose the name Spirit. The airline adopted the Spirit Airlines name in May 1992, after operating as Charter One Airlines from 1983. |
| Highlights | Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Boeing 757, Airbus A319 | Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321 |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1998 | 1983 |
| Latest archived logo | 2010 | 2014 |
| Archived logo assets | 3 | 5 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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