This one was likely allowed to fail because the big carriers wanted them to fail and likely put pressure on the administration to not bail them out. Now those larger carriers can up their prices because they don't have to compete with Spirit. And, if it comes to it, they will get bailed out.
RIP Spirit Airlines
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Spirit merger was a sacrificial lamb. It gave the dems a way to say they were against consolidation of businesses. It cost them almost nothing and they could point to it as a win. No way the legacies didn’t have a hand in the merger failure. That combined with poor management and the engine fiasco made it impossible to stay solvent. It sucks for the employees but airlines are a volatile business.
don’t need an airline when the kiddos are tradwifeLarping for big bucks.
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Failing businesses should be allowed to fail. Spirit did not have a sustainable model. But what they did do was carry on what Southwest started - not no frills, negative frills. And notice how SW finally turned loose of their no frills operation - you can still go with no frills, but they realized that some of us will pay a few dollars more to have a slightly more tolerable travel experience.
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