Spirit airline makes final landing: American budget-friendly flight halts operations

Spirit Airlines, one of America’s most recognisable low-cost carriers, is ending its journey after more than three decades in the skies, announcing an immediate shutdown. Speaking on Saturday, the airline said that it had begun “an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately,” closing the chapter on a 34-year run that transformed budget travel with heavily discounted fares, bold marketing and bright yellow planes.

Once operating hundreds of flights each day, the company employed about 17,000 people. All services have now stopped, with Spirit confirming that every flight has been cancelled and customer support has ceased operations.