Spirit Airlines bringing in 4,000 pilots, flight attendants, other team members this year

several thousand new workers this year, the airline announced in a statement.The low-cost carrier said Thursday the number of employees it intends to bring onboard this year will come out to more than 4,000.

The roles the company is planning to fill are those for pilots, flight attendants, plane maintenance techs and other positions, according to the release.A spokesperson told FOX Business the airline is not providing a breakdown of the hiring at this time.In early February, Spirit Airlines reported that its workforce at the end of 2022 totaled roughly 12,000 active employees, of which almost 3,200 were pilots, about 5,700 were flight attendants and some 3,100 were workers in other roles, according to its annual report.

That overall figure marks a 22% increase from the prior year and equates to about 11,100 on an "average full-time equivalent basis."CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESSThe company is holding five recruitment events – two in Las Vegas, one in Chicago and two in Miramar, Florida – in April, according to the release.The hiring announced Thursday is not related to JetBlue's acquisition of the low-cost airline, the Spirit spokesperson also told FOX Business.FILE - Spirit airlines planes sits at the gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, on March 8, 2023. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) DOJ SUES TO BLOCK $3.8B JETBLUE-SPIRIT AIRLINES MERGER, SAYING IT WILL MEAN HIGHER FARES FOR CUSTOMERSThe JetBlue-Spirit transaction, worth $3.8 billion, was announced in the summer of last year and has since been met with a challenge from the U.S.

government. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit earlier in the month on antitrust grounds, allegations the airlines have pushed.