Spirit Airlines customers and employees get relief after operational shutdown
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Updated · Fox Business · May 2
Spirit Airlines customers and employees get relief after operational shutdown
8 articles · Updated · Fox Business · May 2
Duffy said Spirit stopped flying at 3am Saturday, with call centres and ticket counters closed, while United, Delta, JetBlue and Southwest offer verified passengers roughly $200 one-way rebooking fares.
American and Delta will cut fares or freeze prices on overlapping routes, Allegiant will offer 50% off base fares until 10 May, and other airlines will give former Spirit staff preferential interviews.
Duffy said Spirit's collapse stemmed from long-running financial weakness and criticised the blocked JetBlue merger, while saying wider low-cost airline bailouts, including a reported $2.5 billion request, were not currently needed.
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