Spirit, Delta, Polio and Flynonstop – one gone, one worry and two winners

So Spirit Airlines has its quarterly results in once again providing shareholders with more wonderful news as it announces it is going to double earnings per share. Meanwhile Delta has posted a $1.2bn ($1.41pds) profit for Q3 2013, up $444m year on year, including $157 million in special items. Even so September quarterly results included a $249m expense from the Delta employee profit share scheme. Adjusted net debt at Delta stands at $9.9 billion. But you may recall that we thought here that Delta needed to slow growth earlier this year, this is reflected in Delta’s figures as they show