Allison, is Spirit Airlines dead? Yes, Spirit Airlines is Dead. It has been a long multi-year saga,

but it has shut down. All flights are canceled. There is no more spirit airlines.

Our colleague Allison Sider covers the airline industry. So what was the time of death?

Its last flight was flight 1833 from Detroit to Dallas. I think it landed a little bit after

midnight central time on Saturday.

That's like the last thing I'm kind of seen on here. So you might be the last one.

Yeah, I guess it was this. Probably last friend. It was good tonight.

Well, it was a pleasure working with you guys, and I wish you the best.

And Allison, what was the cause of death? Oh my God. I don't even know where to start. Like, you could pinpoint the cause of death?

Oh, my God.

I don't even know where to start.

Like, you could pinpoint the cause of death at so many different points.

I mean, the immediate cause of death was, you know, the rapid sustained rise in fuel prices due to the Iran war.

But that's like if someone has a heart attack, but they had like years of damage,

coronary damage, you know,

that was just like waiting for that one moment.

It was fuel prices in the end, but it was a really long, drawn out,

slow demise up until that point.

Ultimately, it will leave consumers with one less choice,

and there will be one less airline kind of providing that competition.

So, you know, ultimately, even if you hated spirit and it never flew it,

and it drove you crazy, like, ultimately, it will affect you.

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