Posted on 05/02/2026 2:02:53 PM PDT by Beowulf9
The outcome marks the final flight for the budget airline, crushed by years of operational stress, failed merger attempts, mounting debt, and a brutal jet-fuel price shock that derailed its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy this summer.
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Ground the planes in parking lots. Rent them to Spirit Halloween.
“and a brutal jet-fuel price shock that derailed its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy this summer”
BS, Airlines use futures contracts, along with options and swaps, to hedge against volatile fuel prices by locking in a set price for future consumption.
So this is propaganda to point the finger in part at Trump, or Spirit deserves to be no more for not hedging there fuel contracts.
There goes the Detroit to Las Vegas run!
Frank Pierce: The street’s not like the ER. There’s no walls, no controls. To make up for that, they try to teach me how to act without thinking - like a soldier who can take apart and reassemble a gun blindfolded... I realized that my training was useful in less than ten percent of the calls and saving someone’s life was rarer than that. After a while, I grew to understand that my role was less about saving lives than about bearing witness. I was a grief mop. It was enough that I simply showed up.
I caught that, too. One could accurately just strike that from the list of reasons and add “They sucked at their job”
Since they cancelled our flight with no notice, stranding everyone at the departure airport —- about all I can say is “good riddance to bad rubbish!”
So long, old friend. You were a great source of YT videos!
They may be gone, but they’re here in spirit.
They charged me $60 for a carryon that was smaller than the maximum size. I’ve been waiting for this day for years, and it’s finally arrived.
Maybe most airlines, but not Spirit. Spirit was in bankruptcy for some time before it failed, and I can assure you that nobody was selling fuel to the company under any kind of contract. They would have to pay cash for fuel on the spot market to buy fuel from any supplier that isn’t retarded.
whiskeytangofox,over ?
Or prepay
I am sure someone would take their cash
[Spirit Airlines ‘Bites The Dust’ as All Flights Canceled]
There’s a suitcase 🧳🧳
poking me in the ribs
There’s an elbow
in my ear
Hey, he’s gonna sit by you!
So long, old friend. You were a great source of YT videos!
There’s always Carnival Cruise videos.
Piss poor management, it’s that simple.
This airline was in trouble for YEARS even going back to the Biden era, they refused to allow a merger between Spirit and Jet Blue which would have solved their problem
Spirit's customer base still needs to fly and they're going to find some other airline.
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