Spirit Airlines Cancels All Flights, Stranding Passengers

Ashley Owens expected Saturday to be stressful. She was, after all, the maid of honor in her friend’s wedding in Las Vegas that evening.

But when she woke up on Saturday, she discovered that her Spirit Airlines flight home on Sunday to Texas had been canceled because the company had shut down for good.

Mrs. Owens and other members of the bridal party suddenly had to make new plans. They were almost late to their hair and makeup appointments for the wedding because they were figuring out how to get new flights.

“We were scrambling,” she said. “It’s insane.”

Mrs. Owens and three others in the bridal party snagged a 1 a.m. flight to Dallas on Frontier Airlines. Other alternatives were too expensive or had extremely long layovers, she said.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/business/spirit-airlines-passengers-stranded.html