Other budget-focused airlines are rushing to fill Spirit's void, but it's still unclear whether they’ll fare much better.

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Spirit Airlines, the pioneering discount airline that shook up the budget travel business, is shutting down its operations.

Lousy service, not the Iran war, killed Spirit Airlines.

Spirit Airlines saved my life, more times than I can count. I don’t mean in a perilous, gravity-defying way reminiscent of the latest Marvel film, but in terms of expanding my dreams. From the ...

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Spirit Airlines was once a potent force in the U.S. aviation industry. Its demise will reveal how strong that influence had been in recent years when air travel had already begun moving away from the ...

The airline has accelerated reviews of Spirit pilot applications, as it faces scrutiny for a pilot staffing crunch. Delta pilots walk down Concourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International ...