Headline: TIME, 5/2/2026
The low-cost Spirit Airlines announced Saturday that it has officially gone out of business after years of financial hardship, citing rising fuel costs resulting from the Iran War as the final straw.
The company said it had undergone “extensive and comprehensive efforts to restructure the business” following two bankruptcy filings in 2024 and 2025, but added that the “sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks ultimately has left us with no alternative.” [emphasis added]
[snip]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy disputed that Spirit’s closure could be pinned on the Iran war in a news conference Saturday.
“Spirit was in dire straits long before the war with Iran," Duffy said. “Their model wasn't working. They couldn't get the fiscal health. So this was not the impetus. The war was not the impetus for Spirit.”
Duffy instead blamed the Biden Administration and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for Spirit’s closure after the Justice Department sued to block a 2023 potential merger between it and larger competitor JetBlue.
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2010
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2017
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UPDATE. Sean Duffy to Donald Trump: "Why do birds suddenly appear?". (2/3)
2016
Sean Duffy and his demographic bubble world. (12/9)
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Dear Sean Doofus, We're not talking about it cuz it's absolute nonsense. (9/15)
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2015
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee. (8/18)
No friend to the environment. (6/28)
Rep. Sean Duffy on the power of Wisconsin politics. (4/12)
2014
Sean Duffy: "He's the cute one!" (10/2)
Scraping by on $83.65 an hour. (3/24)
2010
Sean Duffy appears ready his close-up. (5/9)
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