Florida-based Spirit Airlines has implemented a stricter dress code for passengers, targeting “lewd” or inadequate attire. As of January 22, the airline’s updated contract of carriage manual specifies that passengers must wear clothing that adequately covers their “private parts.”
According to the manual, passengers may be denied boarding for being “barefoot or inadequately clothed” (e.g., wearing see-through clothing or exposing breasts or buttocks) or if their clothing or body art is deemed lewd, obscene, or offensive. The airline’s previous dress code was less specific.
This change follows Spirit’s bankruptcy filing in November 2024, driven by pandemic-related losses and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Despite the bankruptcy, Spirit has assured that operations will continue as normal.
In the same month, a Spirit flight from Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was diverted to the Dominican Republic after being struck by gunfire, injuring a flight attendant. The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince had warned of “gang-led efforts” to disrupt travel to and from the capital. Spirit also cut 84 flight routes across South Florida airports at the end of last Christmas’ holiday.
