How Spirit Airlines Landed in Bankruptcy

精神航空是如何破产的

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2024-11-21

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For years, Spirit Airlines soared with a low-cost, no-frills business model. This week, it came in for a bumpy landing. WSJ's Alison Sider explains how the big airlines learned to compete with Spirit––and helped put the carrier in bankruptcy. Further Listening: -The Love Triangle Over Spirit Airlines  -Frontier, Spirit and the Future of Low-Cost Airlines  Further Reading: -How Spirit Airlines Went From Industry Maverick to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  -Discount Airline Spirit Files for Bankruptcy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Our colleague, Alison Sider, has covered airlines for six years, and in that time,

  • she's heard a lot of impassioned takes about people's favorite and least favorite airlines.

  • But there's one carrier that seems to inspire especially strong feelings.

  • I think probably spirit airlines is the one that people generally have the strongest opinions about.

  • Spirit.

  • The low cost, no frills, airline.

  • Okay, so what do spirit lovers love about spirit?

  • People who love spirit, and maybe love is a strong word, but people who tolerate spirit,

  • you know, it's just the fairs are cheap, and that is really meaningful.

  • I mean, that allows people to travel, take trips that they ordinarily wouldn't be able to, you know,

  • spoken to people who are in a long distance relationship, and you know, you're visiting someone once a month, right?

  • It makes a huge difference to pay $100 or less for a round trip ticket,

  • and you're willing to put up with a lot to make that happen.

  • People hate on spirit airlines way too much.

  • I fly them all the time, and it's a fine experience.

  • I fly them so much I got their credit card, but that's for another person.

  • And what do the haters say?

  • It just isn't the most luxurious or the most comfortable airline.

  • But I just needed to come on here to share with you all how much I hate spirit airlines.

  • And it's like, I know, I know I did this to myself.