Spirit Airlines revises dress code for passengers. Here’s what it says now

Spirit Airlines is cracking down on passengers who wear “scary” clothing – or just too little clothing in general.

The budget airline, based in Florida, is asking passengers to dress in clothing that does not reveal their “private parts,” among other new rules, in its updated contract of carriage manual published January 22.

On pages nine and 10 i the manualSpirit states that a customer may not be permitted to fly if that customer is “barefoot or inadequately clothed (ie, see-through clothing; not adequately covered; exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts) or whose clothing or items, incl. body art, is obscene, indecent or offensive in nature.”

Before now, the airline’s dress code was less specific, objecting only to “barefoot or inadequately clad” passengers or those wearing clothing deemed “lewd, indecent or offensive”.

NBC News reached out to a representative for Spirit Airlines for comment, but has not yet heard back.

Spirit’s revised language about its dress code comes nearly two months after the airline applied bankruptcy protection in November 2024 after a loss in revenue from the pandemic and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue, according to Associated Press.

Spirit said at the time that it would continue to operate normally during the bankruptcy process.

That same month, a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince, Haiti was diverted to the Dominican Republic after it was hit by gunfire, injuring a flight attendant.

The State Department issued an alert from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince at the time warning of “gang-led efforts” to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince.