In October 2024, two ladies went viral after being booted from a Spirit Airlines flight for carrying crop tops. (A 3rd girl—and her toddler—have been additionally kicked off the aircraft after she eliminated her sweater, revealing a crop prime, in solidarity.)
Now, the airline is doubling down on the coverage in its new “Contract of Carriage” launched Thursday — and including offensive tattoos and different physique artwork to the checklist.
Passengers could be requested to go away the aircraft or be denied boarding within the first place, in accordance with the brand new contract, if the individual is “barefoot or inadequately clothed (i.e., see-through clothes; not adequately coated; uncovered breasts, buttocks, or different personal elements) or whose clothes or article, together with physique artwork, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature.”
As USA Today notes, an earlier version of the Contract of Carriage didn’t embrace physique artwork or identify particular physique elements.
After the viral incident final fall, a Spirit Airways spokesperson said: “Our Contract of Carriage, a doc all Visitors comply with upon making a reservation with us, consists of sure clothes requirements for all Visitors touring with us.”
