How to Think About Spirit’s Failure—and the Airline Crisis
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The Spirit Airlines airline officially ended its operations on May 2, leaving thousands of people unemployed. This impacted especially in Texas, where the cessation of activities led to the end of more than 500 contracts in Harris County, Houston, belonging to employees of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). More than 500 layoffs at Houston airport due to the closure of Spirit AirlinesJim Szczesniak, who exercises aviation management at …
How to Think About Spirit’s Failure—and the Airline Crisis
After weeks in which it appeared likely that the Trump administration would bail out Spirit Airlines—and potentially even other ultra-low cost carriers, including Frontier, Breeze and Avelo—Spirit will shut down operations, joining a long list of airlines that have disappeared from the U.S. market in the last half-century. For Spirit’s employees and customers and for the communities in which it operates, the failure is a tragedy. Commentators on…
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