Spirit Airlines will slash its schedule in November, reducing capacity by 25 percent, CEO Dave Davis told employees in a memo Wednesday. The move comes just weeks after the airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a year, according to CNBC. The company is aiming to cut costs and concentrate on what Davis called its “strongest markets.”

The discount carrier, which had already reduced capacity earlier this year after emerging from bankruptcy in March, is evaluating its fleet size and negotiating with vendors and lessors.

“These evaluations will inevitably affect the size of our teams as we become a more efficient airline,” Davis wrote in the staff memo cited by CNBC. “Unfortunately, these are the tough calls we must make to emerge stronger.”

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