Spirit Airlines on Thursday appointed Dave Davis as its new chief executive officer, weeks after the U.S. discount carrier emerged from bankruptcy and reconstituted its board. Davis, joining from rival Sun Country Airlines where he was the finance chief since 2018,

Spirit Airlines tapped a rival airline executive as its chief executive officer, part of the struggling budget carrier’s effort to chart a new course after emerging from bankruptcy. Dave Davis, most recently president and chief financial officer at Sun Country,