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RandySF

(85,637 posts) Sat May 2, 2026, 02:35 AM Saturday

Spirit Airlines is closing down. Thousands of employees and travelers are impacted.

Spirit Airlines is shutting down, in a move that will affect thousands of scheduled flights and nearly as many employees.

The troubled budget carrier cancelled all flights and announced an “orderly wind-down” of operations, effective immediately early Saturday.

“To our Guests: all flights have been cancelled, and customer service is no longer available,” the company said in a statement. “We are proud of the impact of our ultra-low-cost model on the industry over the last 34 years and had hoped to serve our Guests for many years to come,” it added.

Spirit, which has struggled to maintain consistent profitability since the Covid-19 pandemic, had been looking to emerge from its second bankruptcy in less than a year. But those plans were derailed amid soaring jet fuel costs sparked by the outbreak of the war with Iran.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/spirit-airlines-shuts-down-rcna343155

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Spirit Airlines is closing down. Thousands of employees and travelers are impacted. (Original Post) RandySF Saturday OP

Trump likely will cast shade on the shutdown on Truth Social, no_hypocrisy Saturday #1

Piss poor management has put a lot of people out of work. Emile Saturday #2

Fortunatly some of the other airlines are stepping in with deals for stranded travelers PBC_Democrat Saturday #3

A friend's sister was dumped in Orlando obamanut2012 Saturday #4

Another airline Trump bankrupted nt newdeal2 Saturday #5

Sucks for the employees but Spirit was horrible BluenFLA Saturday #6

no_hypocrisy

(55,205 posts)

1. Trump likely will cast shade on the shutdown on Truth Social,

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Sat May 2, 2026, 06:31 AM

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feeling he had been "robbed" of another pirate takeover of a business he had no right to own.

Emile

(42,983 posts)

2. Piss poor management has put a lot of people out of work.

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Sat May 2, 2026, 06:57 AM

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PBC_Democrat

(454 posts)

3. Fortunatly some of the other airlines are stepping in with deals for stranded travelers

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Sat May 2, 2026, 07:10 AM

Saturday

Just saw on GMA that Jetblue is capping return fares for Spirit travelers at $99

obamanut2012

(29,478 posts)

4. A friend's sister was dumped in Orlando

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Sat May 2, 2026, 07:20 AM

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Didn't even unload luggage. It was a layover.just abandoned them.

I wouldn't have chanced it, but that's not the point. She now doesn't have her stuff or a way to Chicago. Last I heard, she was able to get a ticjet on another carrier, but not until Sunday night, at a high cost.

newdeal2

(5,547 posts)

5. Another airline Trump bankrupted nt

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Sat May 2, 2026, 07:56 AM

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BluenFLA

(231 posts)

6. Sucks for the employees but Spirit was horrible

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Sat May 2, 2026, 08:20 AM

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I tried the airline a couple of times and between the nickel and diming and terrible customer service I swore them off. Didn't care how low their fares were, i would gladly spend a few bucks more elesewhere than not to pay for water and other nonsense.

One time on a round trip the idiots canceled my return flight because according to their flight manifest I never arrived for the initial flight! Had to get the Better Business Bureau to resolve the problem since they refused to refund me.

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