Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Spirit Airlines (SAVE)

John Bendoraitis

A named executive officer of Spirit Airlines in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2023. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2023

$3,099,375

FY2022: $2,013,825

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 25, 2024 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

John Bendoraitis compensation by year

Spirit Airlines Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Spirit Airlines reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023
Salary$440,000$440,000$458,333
Bonus$0$0$940,500
Stock awards$1,036,524$928,621$1,099,978
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$469,557$622,688$579,616
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$23,993$22,516$20,948
Total$1,970,074$2,013,825$3,099,375

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Spirit Airlines DEF 14A filed April 25, 2024, accession 0001193125-24-114028, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.0M
$2.0M
$3.1M
FY21
FY22
FY23
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU62,570$1,025,522—
RSU27,904$457,347—
RSU12,615$206,760—
PSU11,826$193,828—
PSU9,461$155,066—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Spirit Airlines's FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2023 proxy (filed April 25, 2024)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2025-07-21Grant or award derivative—74,850$0.0074,850
2025-07-21Grant or award—74,850$0.0074,850

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Spirit Airlines discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$460,000$0$6,611$1,419,306
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,217,616$1,486,999$6,611$4,663,921
Disability$0$1,041,404$0$1,501,404
Death$0$1,041,404$0$1,501,404
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Change in control, no termination$0$940,500$0$940,500

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Spirit Airlines's FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Spirit Airlines’s named executive officers, FY2023

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2023 total
Edward M. Christie IIIPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,601,404
Scott M. HaralsonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,568,032
John Bendoraitis · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$3,099,375
Matthew H. KleinExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$2,883,219
Rocky B. WigginsSenior Vice President and Chief Information Officer$2,206,849

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Spirit Airlines's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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