Is there any hope for Spirit?

Not even a ghost of a chance.

Wasn’t there some scammer saying he was gonna buy them and base them out of MSY?

I was charged for deep breaths when I flew Spirit. Shallow breaths, thankfully, were included in the price.

My hope for Spirit ended then.

If Carvana can do it Spirit can.

Airline companies are historically one of the worst investments anyone can make.

Richard Branson said, “I can tell you how to become a millionaire. Be a billionaire, and then buy an airline. In a short time, you will be a millionaire.”

Warren Buffett said if Wilbur and Orville would have shot each other, it would have spared a great deal of capital.

...And, it's gone...

Spirit has already sold off most of the airplanes it owned. Most of their airplanes were leased. Mostly Airbus a320s limits their appeal since most of the other discount airlines are Boeing 737 only

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Spirit has already sold off most of the airplanes it owned. Most of their airplanes were leased. Mostly Airbus a320s limits their appeal since most of the other discount airlines are Boeing 737 only

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Thats just Alaska and Southwest.

Frontier operates the exact same fleet as Spirit, seating configuration very similar too

But the big 3 all operate A320 class aircraft (Delta, American, United). So does Jetblue. Air Canada, Allegiant as well. I know some of those arent discount but certainly plenty of willing buyers for sure locally. Volaris and Viva down in MExico operate A320s too.

A320 class is now more popular than the 737 class thanks to all the issues with the Max.

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never really had any issues with spirit to be honest and their big seat deal was the best value in the industry.

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Same here honestly. Our parents are near Tampa (we are in ATL) and for a while Spirit had a few flights a day back and forth from each city. I could score big front seats on Spirit for still way less than flying basic economy with Delta. For a 1 hour flight easy decision each time. Over the last couple years they dropped those routes though, wife flies frontier mostly back and forth now as she needs to and routinely scores like $30-$50 deals each way on that.

It obviously was not some fully featured airline but for short hops for us it always made sense and saved a ton of money. The aircraft were all relatively new as well, and more comfortable overall than 737's (wider fuselage, wider seats).

Obviously they will always be known for the lowest of lifeforms that did fly with them, but I never personally encountered that flying them a few times in the past 7-8 years.