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Airlines hike fares, cut millions of seats as Iran war drives up fuel costs

Spirit Airlines flights at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, US, May 2, 2026 [Giorgio Viera/AFP] Harteveldt, president of Atmosphere Research Group, said the outlook for air travel is a “mixed picture”. Despite surging jet fuel

With Spirit in liquidation, here's what happens next to its planes

happens next to its planes  Spirit Airlines jets on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale

Political blame game begins and passengers left adrift after Spirit ceases operations

happen. Those two things never materialized.” Spirit operated throughout the US, Latin America and the Caribbean, after being founded in 1983 in Detroit as Charter One Airlines. The historic Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport

A United jet struck a light pole and a truck near Newark airport, police say

Spirit Airlines ceases operations after escalating financial struggles](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5807933/spirit-airlines-ceases-operations-folds) The NTSB said an investigator would arrive in Newark on Monday, and that it had directed United to provide the cockpit voice recorder

Was the Iran war the final blow in the collapse of Spirit Airlines?

Spirit’s weaknesses were already there – it had already gone through two bankruptcy filings in the two years prior; global instability simply accelerated the inevitable. In today’s aviation market, volatility is no longer

Spirit Airlines tried to be the Dollar General of the skies. Then the big airlines beat it at its own game

flights around the globe, the big legacy carriers were able to devise more desirable loyalty programs. Think like co-branded credit cards, corporate partnerships, and enhanced frequent flyer programs. With these loyalty programs, the airlines