Spirit Airlines announced that Edward M. (Ted) Christie has been appointed to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer.  The move is effective immediately. In this expanded role, Christie will continue running the finance side of the company, but will now take on the added responsibility for the airline's commercial functions. In addition to his current finance team, Matt Klein, senior vice president and chief commercial officer, will now report to Mr. Christie.

Christie joined Spirit in 2012 as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to working at Spirit, Christie served as vice president and CFO at Pinnacle Airlines and the same role for Frontier Airlines.