On Saturday, following the announcement of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy, content creator Hunter Peterson took to Tiktok with a “genius idea.” In a video with more than 700,000 likes, Peterson told his ...

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pushed back on his successor, Sean Duffy, for blaming the Biden administration for Spirit Airlines shutting down all operations. Duffy said ...

Spirit Airlines said it has reimbursed most customers with flight tickets after the budget carrier ceased operations. The airline is still processing a "small percentage" of customer refunds, Spirit ...

Spirit Airlines credit cards remain active despite the airline suspending flight operations. Bank of America, the card issuer, is no longer accepting new applications for the cards. Cardholders can ...

Spirit Airlines' sudden shutdown ahead of the summer travel season is stoking fears of higher fares — and raising questions about what comes next. The airline, which had more than 4,000 domestic ...

Airlines have wasted no time in beefing up their schedules in the wake of Spirit Airlines' collapse. Carriers are competing for Spirit's routes and gates. The budget airline collapsed after years of ...

There were several moments over the past decade foretelling the demise of Spirit, the low-cost, cramped-seat, pay-for-everything-but-oxygen airline you loved to hate. Those moments had nothing to do ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Yeneshia Thomas was in her Central Florida home when she got a surprising email at about 12:30 a.m. on ...

Lousy service, not the Iran war, killed Spirit Airlines. Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and – crucially – its reputation for poor customer service. The ...

Passengers were left scrambling to find their way home from Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend after Spirit Airlines abruptly shuttered operations. “There’s no way that we can get it ...

A Spirit Airlines captain whose retirement flight was scrapped by the carrier’s sudden shutdown got an unexpected sendoff as a Southwest crew stepped in to honor his decades in the cockpit. Capt. Jon ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Spirit Airlines died as it lived: lots of angry customers and no one picking up the phone. Early yesterday ...