Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which had been struggling for years, announced it will cease operations.
Spirit had been seeking a $500 million federal bailout from the White House. But those talks failed to yield a deal, leading the airline no choice but to stop flying “effective immediately”.
TIL that Spirit had never had a plane crash in their entire existence. They were at least doing something right. Oh well.
Well, they also had less flights than other airlines. Like a lot less.
Also, southwest, jetblue, Hawaiian (97 years), and frontier have never had a fatal crash either. So not that impressive.