Pioneering discount carrier Spirit Airlines formally announced an end to more than three decades of flying early Saturday after the U.S. Government and the Dania Beach-based company failed to reach an ...

Spirit Airlines said it has reimbursed most customers with flight tickets after the budget carrier ceased operations. The airline is still processing a "small percentage" of customer refunds, Spirit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flor Suarez speaks to a friend on her phone after her Spirit Airlines flight to Guatemala out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS ...

Airlines have wasted no time in beefing up their schedules in the wake of Spirit Airlines' collapse. Carriers are competing for Spirit's routes and gates. The budget airline collapsed after years of ...

The shutdown of Spirit Airlines is expected to cause airfares to rise, especially in markets the low-cost carrier previously served. Other airlines, like JetBlue, are expanding routes to capture ...

Spirit Airlines has suspended operations due to long-standing financial issues. Getting refunds for tickets or rebooked on other airlines will be challenging for affected travelers. The airline's ...

They’re keeping the spirit alive. Spirit Airlines permanently shut down on Saturday after 34 years after a surge in fuel prices that impacted restructuring efforts, resulting in the cancellations of ...

Lousy service, not the Iran war, killed Spirit Airlines. Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and – crucially – its reputation for poor customer service. The ...

A crowdfunding effort to buy the defunct Spirit Airlines has raised over $132 million in pledges. The campaign's founder, Hunter Peterson, is a TikTok creator who has received support from the Spirit ...

Spirit Airlines said in a filing that the budget for unwinding the airline would be about $217 million. The discount carrier shut down before dawn on Saturday after years of struggles. The carrier's ...

Spirit Airlines – the feisty upstart that relied on irreverent ads and deep discount fares to compete against major carriers for 34 years – permanently shut down Saturday, upending travel plans and ...