With its sudden shutdown earlier this month, Spirit Airlines joined the likes of Pan Am, TWA and Eastern Airlines that have failed to restructure in Chapter 11, a process experts say is notoriously difficult for an industry with expensive assets, complex financing arrangements and a maze of complicated federal regulations.
Plastic producer Trinseo filed for Chapter 11 protection, as did oilfield and trucking services company Warrior Technologies and the developer of a 120-unit apartment complex in New Jersey.
Del Monte Foods, shipper STG and resort developer SilverRock Development won approval for their bankruptcy plans, while bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot and oilfield services provider Warrior Technologies entered Chapter 11. This is the week in bankruptcy.