The appointment, effective April 21, comes just more than a week after former CEO Ted Christie stepped down as part of a shakeup.

Spirit Airlines has named a new CEO as the low-fare carrier emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it announced Thursday.

Spirit Airlines tapped a rival airline executive as its chief executive officer, part of the struggling budget carrier’s effort to chart a new course after emerging from bankruptcy. Dave Davis, most recently president and chief financial officer at Sun Country,