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Spirit Airlines cancels almost half of Thursday flights
The Hill ^ | 08/05/2021 | Lexi Lonas

Posted on 08/05/2021 10:11:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Spirit Airlines canceled almost half of its flights on Thursday, continuing its series of flight cancellations into a fifth day.

Flight tracker FlightAware showed 381 flights canceled by Spirit Airlines before 10 a.m. on Thursday, with 48 percent of flights for the day already canceled, USA Today reported.

It is the fifth day Spirit Airlines has struggled with flight cancellations as more than 50 percent of flights were canceled Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Around 42 percent of flights were canceled Monday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; cancels; flights; spirit
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To: PeterPrinciple
investigative reporting...

And it was probably nothing more than posting on Spirit's Twitter account, "I write for the Hill. What's going on here?"

21 posted on 08/05/2021 10:38:27 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: oh8eleven

Nice. Lmao


22 posted on 08/05/2021 10:39:19 AM PDT by tatown
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have family members who were impacted by this so a little research turned up that passengers were claiming that the pilots all walked off the job. My own relative said that after she sat around waiting for 7 hours looking at the plane but not being allowed to board the crew got off - no pilots among them - and the flight was cancelled. Spirit insists there is no issue with pilots but I have to wonder.


23 posted on 08/05/2021 10:41:05 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: tatown

Hot Pockets, Vienna sausages, pickled eggs...


24 posted on 08/05/2021 10:42:50 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: faithhopecharity

Why would you ever book spirit in the first place. Me daughter was flying with lap baby on AA. After canceling her flight and 3 flight changes and 8 hrs at airport, I told her walk to Delta. I paid full fair but she left on a direct flight and got home safely and quickly.


25 posted on 08/05/2021 10:48:37 AM PDT by gcparent (MAGA)
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To: tatown

and hand out dew rags...


26 posted on 08/05/2021 10:53:30 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I flew on Spirit exactly once - out of Vegas on short notice. From the experience, I assume they do most of their marketing in trailer parks.


27 posted on 08/05/2021 10:54:37 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

does the plane have wings?? OR are you expected to flap your arms outside the windows for that price?


28 posted on 08/05/2021 10:54:50 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I would say - fuel.

Either they can’t find any or they can’t afford any.


29 posted on 08/05/2021 10:55:40 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is an interesting web page which leads me to think Spirit Airlines may be in a death spiral.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/spirit-airlines-operational-meltdown/


30 posted on 08/05/2021 10:57:01 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hope the pilots and flight crews are okay.

Has Spirit mandated shots, for those folks?


31 posted on 08/05/2021 10:57:50 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m glad to see Spirit Airlines is doing what they can to stem globull warming. Or, racism. Or, something.


32 posted on 08/05/2021 11:05:32 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe they ran out of sky?


33 posted on 08/05/2021 11:14:09 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: gcparent

Ignorance. We just didn’t know what a shoddy airline it was. And crooked since they still have our $


34 posted on 08/05/2021 11:15:42 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Once for me too. Since then I’ve paid more to use other airlines.


35 posted on 08/05/2021 11:16:50 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: jean michael

We were simply ignorant about the damned spirit scam. It pays to check the reputation of outfits, people we deal with. We didn’t and we had our $ taken from us. And a big amount of inconvenience too


36 posted on 08/05/2021 11:17:37 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Menehune56

Probably meant MCO.


37 posted on 08/05/2021 11:27:51 AM PDT by ebshumidors ( )
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To: God luvs America

We work around the extra costs by booking 2 single fares and packing everything into one suitcase. It costs me 10 Euros to book a seat next to hers.


38 posted on 08/05/2021 11:38:13 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
I flew on Spirit exactly once ...

Ditto that! It was not a good experience.

39 posted on 08/05/2021 11:42:03 AM PDT by Helen
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

“We are flying to Brussels in September.”

Hope you are attending the 3 day Belgian Beer Festival in the Grade Place... Friday, September 3, 2021 - Sunday, September 5, 2021 https://www.carnifest.com/belgian-beer-weekend-2021/

Best beer breweries of Belgium offer variety of more than 400 different Belgian beers for three days.

And a few visits to Delirium Tremens Café..

And if you are up to it, Joe, who own Delirium Café, also owns Floris Café across the street with over 400 types of absinthe...

I’ve been to this festival about a half dozen times and loved it every time. From what I can remember...LOL


40 posted on 08/05/2021 12:13:36 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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