---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-173433"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLYYQ"
cik: "0001498710"
company_name: "Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:59:06.441624+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spirit Airlines appoints Fred Cromer as CFO; raises CEO base salary to $950k

## Summary
- Fred Cromer appointed EVP & CFO effective July 8, 2024; base salary $610k, sign-on bonus $200k, LTI award $1M.
- CEO Ted Christie base salary raised to $950k; other NEOs also receive increases (Bendoraitis, Klein, Wiggins).
- Dana Shapir Alviene appointed SVP Inflight & Airport Experience; Tomas Ranaldi promoted to VP FP&A.
- Cromer previously CEO of Xwing, President of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, CFO of ExpressJet Airlines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-173433
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLYYQ
- cik: 0001498710
- company_name: Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000119312524173433/0001193125-24-173433-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000119312524173433/d843518d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-173433
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-173433.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-173433.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frederick A. Cromer was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the appointment of Frederick A. Cromer as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000119312524173433/0001193125-24-173433-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.