Spirit Airlines is preparing to cease operations after the beleaguered company ran out of cash and a rescue attempt by the Trump administration appeared to stall.
The company struggled to make a deal with its creditors and secure funding to maintain operations, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter.
Spirit started out as the villain and ended up as the hero lol.
They popularized the low cost system in the US which absolutely wrecked quality of service from every other airline as they too started removing everything to cut costs.
But then Spirit was the only budget airline actually selling tickets for cheap and decent baggage bundles.
American and United offer the same net quality of service for 4x the price. Why whould I pay such a markup and still have to pay for carry on and checked baggages? Its not a budget airline but they sell "budget"services.
Now they all want the profit squeeze of Spirit without the lower fare.
I still remember when Delta flights above 3 hours had a full meal with multiple snack services. I don’t even think they give you regular sized pretzel bags anymore.