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November 13 – **Shares of U.S. carrier Spirit Airlines SAVE.N fall 62.4% to $1.22 premarket
** Spirit Airlines is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection after merger talks with Frontier Airlines failed, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday
** Spirit Airlines said it is in discussions with its creditors and continues to explore strategic alternatives to improve its liquidity
**If the deal fails it will lead to the cancellation of existing equity and Spirit will consider all alternatives
** The company said third-quarter adjusted operating margin would be down 12% from last year
**Spirit has not reported profits in the last five out of six quarters
** At the last close, the stock was down 79.8% since the start of the year
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