Spirit Airlines Shuts Down Operations After White House Rescue Deal Falls Through (opens in new tab)

Spirit Airlines ended operations in the early hours of Saturday morning, the airline said in a statement on Saturday, after a White House proposal to bail out the beleaguered budget carrier fell through. The final airline’s final flight, an Airbus A320 operating as Flight NKS 1833, departed from Detroit Metropolitan Airport at on 1 May 2026 at 10:14 p.m. (22:14) ET to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, where it landed on ...