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What we compareSpirit AirlinesAllegiant Air
Country in archiveUnited StatesUnited States
Founded19831997
FounderNed HomfeldMitch Allee
HeadquartersMiramar, Florida, United StatesLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Name originWikipedia 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.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.
HighlightsAirbus A320neo, Airbus A321Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Boeing 757, Airbus A319
Earliest archived brand logo19831998
Latest archived logo20142010
Archived logo assets53

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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