Spirit Airlines shuts down: How to protect yourself if your airline goes under
Spirit Airlines, the eighth-largest U.S. airline carrier that shook up the budget travel industry, is shutting down its operations after 34 years, leaving passengers scrambling. “It is with great disappointment that on May 2, 2026, Spirit Airlines started an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately,” the company wrote in a statement on its website.…

