BY TYLER DURDEN
SUNDAY, MAY 03, 2026 – 09:44 AM
Summary:
- Airlines For America CEO Chris Sununu Blasts Democrats For Spirit’s Death Spiral
- Duffy Pledges Relief For Customers, Workers
- Spirit Airlines Is Dead, Flights Canceled
Head Of Airlines Lobbying Group Blasts Democrats For Spirit’s Death Spiral
Chris Sununu, president and CEO of Airlines for America, the lobbying group representing major U.S. passenger and cargo airlines, blasted Democrats under the Biden-Harris regime era for accelerating bankrupt Spirit Airlines’ demise after the blocked Spirit-JetBlue merger.
"In their own BIG GOVERNMENT way, they said, no, we won’t allow [the merger] to happen! And THIS is the result! What folks warned was going to happen ultimately came to fruition, unfortunately," Sununu told Fox News.
He continued, "The opportunity that an airline like Spirit creates for those kinds of working-class customers, if you will, they have a lot of low fares, a lot of that point-to-point stuff that those consumers really relied on, they threw it away!"
"They absolutely threw it away! They had the opportunity to make sure they could survive. They didn’t want to look at the math," he emphasized, adding, "They didn’t want to understand the business models."
Sununu commended President Trump for putting together a rescue deal to save the bankrupt airline. But as of Saturday morning, the liquidation process had begun, with all flights canceled.
Source:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/spirit-airlines-bites-dust-all-flights-canceled