Allison, is Spirit Airlines dead?
Yes, Spirit Airlines is dead.
It has been a long multi-year saga, but it has shut down.
All flights are canceled.
There is no more Spirit Airlines.
Our colleague Allison Sider covers the airline industry.
So what was the time of death?
Its last flight was flight 1833 from Detroit to Dallas.
I think it landed a little bit after midnight central time on Saturday.
And Allison, what was the cause of death?
Oh my God, I don't even know where to start.
Like you could pinpoint the cause of death at so many different points.
Was the rapid, sustained rise in fuel prices due to the Iran war.
But that 's like if someone has a heart attack,
but they had like years of damage, coronary damage, you know, that was just like waiting for that one moment.
It was fuel prices in the end, but it was a really long, drawn out, slow demise up until that point.
Ultimately, it will leave consumers with one less choice and there will be one
less airline kind of providing that competition.
So, you know, ultimately, even if you hated Spirit and never flew it and it drove you crazy,
like ultimately it will affect you.