Thousands of Spirit Airlines passengers are facing a chaotic weekend as the budget carrier announced it’s halting all flights as of early Saturday after days of mounting shutdown concerns.
A proposed government bailout of the airline failed. The company was unable to emerge from its second bankruptcy.
In a short announcement posted by 2 a.m. ET on its restructuring website, Spirit said it started “an orderly wind-down” of operations, “effective immediately.” All flights have been cancelled, “and customer service is no longer available,” it added.
Spirit passengers have become stranded.
Before the official announcement, travel experts like Becky…