Ted Christie to become CEO of Spirit Airlines in 2019

Spirit Airlines has released that Ted Christie, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the position of President and will join the company’s Board of Directors effective on January 1, 2018. In his management role, Christie will have overall responsibility for the finance, revenue, operations, IT and human resources functions of Spirit’s business. Christie will become Spirit’s Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2019, succeeding Bob Fornaro. Christie joined Spirit in 2012 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and in 2017 assumed the role of Executive Vice President with the additional responsibility of marketing, pricing, revenue management and scheduling.