Drop consumer transaction systems to clear privacy review; the price held
After the auction, Spirit and Google agreed that passenger transaction (PNR), refund, inflight purchase and WiFi sales systems will not be transferred in any form, de-identified or not, leaving corporate email in scope under Tonic.ai's de-identification; the ombudsman then backed the sale, which is still described as a $10 million sale. The excluded list is final for those systems, though the revised schedule is a draft.
Dated 14 Oct 2026Source checked 14 Oct 2026Page out of reach at the last check, 16 Oct 2026Basis: indicative
In the source's own words
“The following datasets will not be part of the sale transaction and will not be provided to Google in any form (deidentified or otherwise): ... B. Consumer Transaction Systems – i.e., Transactions, Passenger Name Record (PNR) C. Refund systems D. Inflight/Onboard Purchases E. WiFi sales F. Others TBD”
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Also read from the same source
- The Spirit enterprise data on sale to Google derives from about 190 million flights and touches the personal data of about 97 million passengers; after the 5 October 2026 narrowing the structured passenger systems are out and corporate email stays in, de-identified by Tonic.ai.
- Settle the employee-data question before going to market
- Certified de-identification is the closing condition, so payment waits for it
- In a privacy-sensitive sale, structure beats a higher late price
- In re Spirit Aviation Holdings: Consumer Privacy Ombudsman supplemental report on the sale of deidentified data (conclusion) (In re Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., No. 25-11897-SHL (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), Dkt. 1684 (5 October 2026))
- In re Spirit Aviation Holdings: Consumer Privacy Ombudsman supplemental report (de-identification standard) (In re Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., No. 25-11897-SHL (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), Dkt. 1684, p. 6 (5 October 2026))
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