The most economical airline operating across America has announced a major decision.

Spirit Airlines shares the news that it is shutting down its business, canceling all flights on May 2, 2026.

The airline has been facing serious economic crush since the covid-19 pandemic.

Spirit, multiple times in recent years, has warned of its poor economic health, stating there was “substantial doubt” over its ability to continue flying the operations.

The airline has filed for bankruptcy twice, with the most recent in August 2025.

In 2025, Spirit was ranked as the eighth-largest US airline by its seating capacity.

The airline was widely recognized as offering the ultra-economical base fares in the US, charging extra for things like carry-on bags.

What happens to stranded passengers now?

Spirit had booking of about 9,000 flights from May 2 to the end of the month, totaling 1.8 million seats, as per the aviation analytics firm Cirium.

So over the coming month, an estimated 300 flights and 60,000 passengers will be affected every single day.

The sudden cancellation will further push the domestic US flight fares across the aviation industry.

Now, with Spirit canceling the 2% of domestic US flights it was scheduled to operate this summer, fares are likely to surge across the industry.

Over the last 25 years, eight key US airlines have filed for bankruptcy, but a complete airline shutdown is far more unusual.

Spirit’s closure is seen as the first shutdown of a major US airline since Midway Airlines collapsed in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

According to CNN, other US airlines have stepped up to support the affected passengers.

However, the outlet didn’t mention what the policy would be for these airlines to follow but did mention American Airlines officials, who said it had “immediately implemented fare caps on Main Cabin tickets for Spirit routes where we also offer nonstop service.”

Prince William and Princess Kate’s only daughter made her most stunning appearance yet as she turned 11 on Saturday, just a week after her little brother marked his own birthday.

The Waleses, who moved to Forest Lodge last November, shared a new look for Charlotte as she is seems to be growing up fast.

Well, that soft launch has officially become a full-blown hard launch.

Sydney Sweeney just made things very Instagram official with Scooter Braun – and fans wasted approximately three seconds before turning the comments section into a full FBI investigation.

The Euphoria star dropped a Stagecoach photo carousel on Friday that looked innocent enough at first: cowboy vibes, festival lights, karaoke chaos. Then came the cuddling photos.

One snapshot showed the pair squeezed together in a photo booth making goofy faces, while another featured Braun literally carrying Sweeney bridal-style through the crowd like this was the final scene of a rom-com nobody saw coming.

There was also a clip of them singing karaoke together and another of Sweeney perched on his shoulders during a performance because apparently subtlety has officially left the chat.

“cowboy kind of weekend,” she captioned the post — which may be the understatement of the year.

Braun had already hinted at the romance weeks earlier after posting Sweeney on his Instagram Story, but this is the clearest confirmation yet that the two are no longer trying to keep things low-key.

The pair reportedly started dating in September 2025 after meeting at the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice.

Since then, they have been spotted on multiple dates and holding hands publicly.

Now? The internet has officially upgraded them from rumour to relationship status.