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Spirit airline on the brink of insolvency, future flights could be in doubt

Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:30 pm
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44791 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:30 pm
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According to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday, April 15, the company is so low on funds that it may be forced to completely shut down in the coming days. The news comes as it’s already seeking court approval for a second restructuring in less than a year after narrowly avoiding bankruptcy in March of 2025.



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As for what that would mean for Spirit Airlines ticketholders whose flights would be after the liquidation and shuttering of the once-budged-friendly airline, that remains to be seen.



Bankruptcy
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
74424 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:31 pm to
You hate to hear it.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
91556 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:33 pm to
merging with Lufthansa?
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
70711 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:35 pm to
All Spirit flights are in doubt.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25528 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:36 pm to
Damn. I like Spirit. Got me to New York for $30 bucks
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
56682 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:40 pm to
Yeah, people hate on Spirit, for good reason sometimes, but its hard to beat their dirt cheap ticket prices.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
96573 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:42 pm to
Boarding areas just got quite a bit safer.

Anyone wanna rumble at a United gate?
Posted by JoeyP239
Member since Nov 2025
884 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:44 pm to
It was good while it lasted. Turns out $40-$60 dollar fares aren’t possible to turn a profit with.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
33352 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:44 pm to
There’s been several threads on this, and this story pops up every nine months or so
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
We Coming
Member since Oct 2009
10944 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:49 pm to
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Spirit airline on the brink of insolvency, future flights could be in doubt


The flights could in fact be in doubt.

The fights however, will not.





I'll see myself out...
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
138943 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:54 pm to
Not good for people who fly other airlines. Their clientele have to go somewhere
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2733 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:58 pm to
Don't really care that much in a vaccuum, but it probably will bring up the prices of other flights a bit.

Plus now the trashy people who used to be on Spirit will now be on other flights.
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 2:00 pm
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2733 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:02 pm to
Some of Spirit's former clients will probably now be unable to afford to fly at all. But those that are able to stretch their saving and save up enough income from their low wage job to go on a vacation about once a year will unfortunately be on other flights.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
15546 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:05 pm to
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clients will probably now be unable to afford to fly at all.

Make Greyhound Great Again
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
11108 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:07 pm to
The government should step in and allocate money like welfare programs ONLY so everyone else doesn’t have to fly with the people who fly Spirt.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134623 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:07 pm to
"If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline." - Sir Richard Branson
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3244 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

The flights could in fact be in doubt.

The fights however, will not.




Flirting with a new Spirit motto.

Spirit Airlines: Fight or Flight, you don't have to choose.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
22833 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:21 pm to
No one should want spirit to shutdown or else all those heathens will end up on more reputable airlines to bother the rest of us.
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
4053 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:23 pm to
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Not good for people who fly other airlines. Their clientele have to go somewhere


The gas station, the bus stop

will see myself out
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 2:24 pm
Posted by SM6
Georgia
Member since Jul 2008
8954 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:24 pm to
Fares will creep up further.

Also, a lot of folks going to be out on the street looking for work.
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