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15. There's one group of people I grieve for in this situation

Sat May 2, 2026, 05:52 PM

19 hrs ago

That's all the people who had bought round-trip tickets on Spirit, took their outbound flights, and now are trying to figure out how to get home.

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Spirit Airlines shuts down after White House rescue deal falls through [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

A rescue deal? BidenRocks Yesterday #1

no he actually wanted buy into the airline Skittles Yesterday #2

With OUR money! BidenRocks Yesterday #3

well of course Skittles Yesterday #4

Jet Blue was willing to purchase it, so was Frontier ClaudetteCC Yesterday #6

Frontier Spirit has a nice ring to it IronLionZion Yesterday #10

What would be gained by a merger popsdenver Yesterday #12

Since the two airlines had very similar route maps, not much jmowreader 19 hrs ago #14

As well as popsdenver 18 hrs ago #16

To the extent it reduced competition, Igel 18 hrs ago #17

I was thinking popsdenver 16 hrs ago #19

If it had gone otherwise . . . . . no_hypocrisy Yesterday #5

Gee, I hope the airline executives are all ok. twodogsbarking Yesterday #8

It was a god awful airline anyway. Crowman2009 22 hrs ago #13

There's one group of people I grieve for in this situation jmowreader 19 hrs ago #15

I'm not feeling happy for the employees, either. n/t Igel 18 hrs ago #18

Dang, I liked Spirit (at least for short flights) EX500rider 1 hr ago #20