Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which had been struggling for years, announced it will cease operations.
Spirit had been seeking a $500 million federal bailout from the White House. But those talks failed to yield a deal, leading the airline no choice but to stop flying “effective immediately”.
meh, i dunno. they hadn’t had any crashes in their entire history, which spanned about 34 years. if you can get beside the obnoxiousness of some of its passengers, and the lack of amenities, it was an amazing budget airline to get you from a to b.
Hard disagree. Not crashing is a ridiculously low bar. They had hidden fees and reduced customer service to the point I felt more like cattle the couple of times I had to fly with them. The problem here is these companies have poor regulations and over consolidation. It was the deregulation of the industry that fucked it all up. Also, given its environmental impact flights shouldn’t be dirt cheap anyways. We should build out high speed rail throughout the country.