Spirit Airlines is making plans to cease operations this weekend barring a last minute intervention, according to CBS News.
CBS reported the negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package have remained stalled.
Spirit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in less than a year. They first filed in November 2024, emerged in March 2025, and then filed again in August 2025.
Recently, President Trump said he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of the airline with the intent of reselling the carrier after oil prices drop.
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Spirit is continuing normal operations Friday.
September 11, 2001 is a day most associate with terror and tragedy. Austin Pollack shares a story from that day about hope and persistence: the effort to save a little girl’s life – with an organ donation. The problem? The young patient was in Houston, and her life-saving liver here in Nashville. With the grounding of all civilian aircraft, how could it be done? “Nobody ever said this isn’t possible.”
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