Spirit Airlines begins ‘wind-down’, cancels all flights over fuel crisis
Key takeaways
- The collapse of the US-based budget carrier due to a doubling in jet fuel prices will cost thousands of jobs.
- “Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines … today regretfully announced that the Company has started an orderly wind-down of operations, effective immediately.
- Spirit had 4,119 domestic flights scheduled between May 1 and May 15, offering 809,638 seats, according to the latest data from Cirium.
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The collapse of the US-based budget carrier due to a doubling in jet fuel prices will cost thousands of jobs.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A Spirit Airlines flight arrives at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States [File: Marco Bello/Reuters]By AFP and Reuters Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026Low-cost US carrier Spirit Airlines has said that all of its flights have been cancelled as it started an “orderly wind-down of operations,” after a potential White House bailout fell through.
“Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines … today regretfully announced that the Company has started an orderly wind-down of operations, effective immediately. All Spirit flights have been cancelled, and Spirit Guests should not go to the airport,” the airline said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday.