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Spirit Shutdown Leaves North Texans Scrambling as Summer Travel Nears

The airline said fuel costs and other pressures left no viable funding, and customers booked on future flights will receive automatic refunds.

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Passengers at DFW say they were blindsided by widespread cancellations and uncertainty amid a possible permanent shutdown of Spirit Airlines.

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Terminal A at LaGuardia Airport was unusually quiet on Saturday morning: there were no lines at the counters, no Spirit Airlines staff anywhere, just a cardboard sign held up with tape.

Spirit Airlines, the US low-cost airline, is completely shutting down its operations after years of financial difficulties and two bankruptcy proceedings, CNN reports.

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CBS News broke the news in United States on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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