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Condensed Statements Of Cash Flows (unaudited) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating activities:    
Net income $ 69,002us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 37,706us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:    
Unrealized (gains) losses on open fuel derivative contracts (3,783)save_UnrealizedGainLossonDerivativesNoncashEffect 0save_UnrealizedGainLossonDerivativesNoncashEffect
Equity-based compensation, net 1,985us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 2,547us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Allowance for doubtful accounts (recoveries) 31save_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccountsNetOfRecoveries (13)save_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccountsNetOfRecoveries
Amortization of deferred gains and losses 164save_AmortizationOfDeferredGainsAndLossesFromSaleLeasebackTransactions (89)save_AmortizationOfDeferredGainsAndLossesFromSaleLeasebackTransactions
Depreciation and amortization 14,863us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 11,121us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) (5,560)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 410us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Loss on disposal of assets 595us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets 150us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Capitalized interest (2,533)us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalizedAdjustment (107)us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalizedAdjustment
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable (5,444)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndOtherReceivables (10,656)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndOtherReceivables
Prepaid maintenance reserves (12,317)save_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidMaintenanceReserves (14,661)save_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidMaintenanceReserves
Long-term deposits and other assets (6,160)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDepositOtherAssets (15,691)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDepositOtherAssets
Accounts payable 433us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable 1,457us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Air traffic liability 79,350us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAirTrafficLiability1 62,328us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAirTrafficLiability1
Other liabilities 29,643us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities 16,137us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities 167,835us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 90,639us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing activities:    
Pre-delivery deposits for flight equipment, net of refunds (50,388)save_PaymentsForPreDeliveryDepositsForFlightEquipmentNetOfRefunds (73,201)save_PaymentsForPreDeliveryDepositsForFlightEquipmentNetOfRefunds
Purchase of property and equipment (184,609)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (4,086)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net cash used in investing activities (234,997)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (77,287)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing activities:    
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 185,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Proceeds from stock options exercised 15us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised 39us-gaap_ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised
Payments on debt and capital lease obligations (2,968)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation 7,877us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 588us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Repurchase of common stock (10,943)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (621)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Debt issuance costs 2,976us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Net cash provided by financing activities 176,005us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations 6us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 108,843us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 13,358us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 632,784us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 530,631us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 741,627us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 543,989us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash payments for:    
Interest (net of capitalized interest) 11us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 0us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Taxes $ 9,883us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid $ 3,218us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid