Spirit Airlines files for Bankruptcy Protection

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Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel, stiffer competition from bigger carriers, and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.

Last week, a Spirit Airlines flight to Haiti was hit with bullets while landing in in Port-au-Prince.

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom

Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.

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