Ben Baldanza to be Honored with 2024 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
On June 17, 2024 the National Aeronautic Association announced that former Spirit Airlines President & CEO, Ben Baldanza, was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for “… his 38 years of dedicated service to the U.S. airline industry and his visionary leadership in introducing the ultra-low-cost model to the United States, which has expanded access to air travel to tens-of-millions of Americans.”
Baldanza will be presented with the Wright Trophy at the Aero Club of Washington’s 76th Annual Wright Memorial Dinner on December 13, 2024 in Washington, DC.
