Spirit Airlines officially winding down

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ErnestEndeavor
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3:12a, 5/2/26
The company just announced they are shutting down operations after 34 years of service. They were not able to reach a deal to avoid liquidation after their second bankruptcy in the last year. There was no workable option for a government bail out. They were struggling before the war but the recent cost pressures pushed them over the edge.

Approximately 17,000 people will lose their jobs.

They have completed their last public passenger flight and are now working to get crews back to their home cities.


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3:27a, 5/2/26
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They couldn't have contracted with the US government to fly illegal aliens back to their country of origin?
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In reply to Artimus Gordon • 3:30a, 5/2/26
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We have airline partners for that, and just bought 6 737's to be more efficient about it.
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3:34a, 5/2/26
Trump wanted to make a deal but wanted the US to take a huge share and be first in line to be paid back. The other lenders would not approve.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout.html
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 3:45a, 5/2/26
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Good, I wouldn't want my money lost trying to save the shareholders here from the consequences of terrible management at Spirit over the years.

BTW, politically let's remember glorious Pete bragging about blocking a merger with Jet Blue they tried to pull off, to 'protect consumer choice':
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4:31a, 5/2/26
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Frontier Airlines is next.
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In reply to nortex97 • 5:32a, 5/2/26
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nortex97 said:
Good, I wouldn't want my money lost trying to save the shareholders here from the consequences of terrible management at Spirit over the years.

BTW, politically let's remember glorious Pete bragging about blocking a merger with Jet Blue they tried to pull off, to 'protect consumer choice':


Agree. Cannot believe they blocked that merger when the the Big 3 in exist
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 6:15a, 5/2/26
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ErnestEndeavor said:




"YOU MUST BRAWL AT THE AMTRAK STATION UNTIL A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT IS FOUND"
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In reply to Artimus Gordon • 6:21a, 5/2/26
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Artimus Gordon said:
They couldn't have contracted with the US government to fly illegal aliens back to their country of origin?


Spirit passenger cabins are already a flagrant violation of UN human rights treaties. The Trump administration doesn't need to do something like deporting them on Spirit jets because that would just generate more sympathy for the deportees.
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6:34a, 5/2/26
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Glad we are not on the hook for it but Democrats can be partially blamed for this failure. I never understood denying this merger not that I really cared in the first place.
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6:40a, 5/2/26
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BLM should be protesting this. Way bigger impact than George Floyd. Curious what's going to happen to those passengers getting off their carnival cruise and now not able to fly home?
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In reply to backintexas2013 • 6:55a, 5/2/26
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backintexas2013 said:
BLM should be protesting this. Way bigger impact than George Floyd. Curious what's going to happen to those passengers getting off their carnival cruise and now not able to fly home?


I wouldn't want to be at those ports when the boats get back.
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In reply to YouBet • 7:01a, 5/2/26
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YouBet said:
backintexas2013 said:
BLM should be protesting this. Way bigger impact than George Floyd. Curious what's going to happen to those passengers getting off their carnival cruise and now not able to fly home?


I wouldn't want to be at those ports when the boats get back.

I wouldn't want to be on the boats in the first place.
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7:04a, 5/2/26
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Time for Braniff to make a come back
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In reply to agracer • 7:08a, 5/2/26
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agracer said:
YouBet said:
backintexas2013 said:
BLM should be protesting this. Way bigger impact than George Floyd. Curious what's going to happen to those passengers getting off their carnival cruise and now not able to fly home?


I wouldn't want to be at those ports when the boats get back.

I wouldn't want to be on the boats in the first place.


We don't do cruises. Only way I'm doing one is if it's exorbitantly expensive and is boutique.
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 7:08a, 5/2/26
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nortex97 said:
Good, I wouldn't want my money lost trying to save the shareholders here from the consequences of terrible management at Spirit over the years.

BTW, politically let's remember glorious Pete bragging about blocking a merger with Jet Blue they tried to pull off, to 'protect consumer choice':


Agree. Cannot believe they blocked that merger when the the Big 3 in exist

Don't think for one second that the Big 3 didn't help in his decision making. $$$$$$
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In reply to BTKAG97 • 7:09a, 5/2/26
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BTKAG97 said:
Frontier Airlines is next.


Frontier has some struggles but has made money recently. JetBlue is next.
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7:14a, 5/2/26
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Between the loss of them and the oil situation a lot of people that could before simply won't be able to travel. That could have an impact

I know f16 likes to go lolpoors when it comes to Spirit but they did provide something that allowed people to travel, be it vacation, see family etc. Problem is they had terrible leaderships and the Dems blocked the merger. I am glad that the government is not purchasing them though
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7:15a, 5/2/26
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Hey, most of Spirit's flights and gate slots (and planes, perhaps) will be picked up by other airlines. Life goes on. Ironically, Jetblue will be one of the ones that may pick over the carcass. If they can avoid the same fate.
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7:22a, 5/2/26
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You'd think they could just install a bunch of webcams in their planes and terminal gates and monetize the videos.
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In reply to nortex97 • 7:34a, 5/2/26
Buttgig is a complete idiot
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7:40a, 5/2/26
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RIP Spirit

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7:44a, 5/2/26
Great chief smile. Win for flyers she say.

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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 7:47a, 5/2/26
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Dill-Ag13 said:
nortex97 said:
Good, I wouldn't want my money lost trying to save the shareholders here from the consequences of terrible management at Spirit over the years.

BTW, politically let's remember glorious Pete bragging about blocking a merger with Jet Blue they tried to pull off, to 'protect consumer choice':


Agree. Cannot believe they blocked that merger when the the Big 3 in exist
This blows my mind after United and Continental were allowed to merge.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 7:53a, 5/2/26
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itsyourboypookie said:
Great chief smile. Win for flyers she say.



Democrats are f'ing morons and don't understand economics. But we all knew that.
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7:57a, 5/2/26
having to clean up another Biden mess.

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7:58a, 5/2/26
Buttplug was also happy.



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8:05a, 5/2/26
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They could have partnered with Waffle House and WWE to bring fight night to the air…
I hope I did not offend anybody with this post. If I did, please come see me at my address in my profile so we can talk.
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8:06a, 5/2/26
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I guess all the good fights and boarding disruptions will be on Frontier now
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 8:20a, 5/2/26
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itsyourboypookie said:
Great chief smile. Win for flyers she say.


Never one to be daunted by mere facts, she now laments the big 4's market dominance.

Someone please let me know if a leftist ever admits they were wrong, some where, some time. I'm not holding my breath.

Her zombified brainchild, the leftist money-laundering CFPB, is a barely respirating bureaucratic corpse now that the unconstitutional structure it was birthed as has been struck down. Another 'consumers first' predictable policy failure.
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8:21a, 5/2/26
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This is the worst possible outcome, where do you think all of these former spirit airlines passengers will go now? We're gonna have to deal with Twerking entrances down the aisle of the airplane.
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 8:34a, 5/2/26
Ugh, feel bad for the employees but that airline was trash. Glad no bailouts for them.
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In reply to itsyourboypookie • 8:37a, 5/2/26
itsyourboypookie said:
Great chief smile. Win for flyers she say.


This didn't age well. I hope she's getting slammed on X for this.
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8:40a, 5/2/26
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Looks like at least SWA & United are providing capped airfares for stranded spirit passengers over the next couple weeks. Guess there'll be an influx of spirt folks on mainline carriers for a while, what could go wrong?
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