Spirit Airlines Shuts Down: Tearful Pilot Breaks News During Final Flight
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A Spirit Airlines pilot tearfully informed passengers mid-flight that the budget carrier was shutting down after a failed $500 million bailout, marking Spirit’s final landings; the shutdown puts about 17,000 jobs at risk and leads to hundreds of cancellations (277 flights), with rival carriers offering refunds and rebooking options as the industry absorbs the collapse and political talk swirls around the JetBlue merger.
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