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Spirit in the sky: Spirit Airlines shuts down operations with all flights canceled

Spirit Airlines shut down its operations on Saturday after a final bid from the government to bail out the airline fell through. In an announcement at 2:23 a.m., just ahead of the 3 a.m. deadline to reach another deal, the airline said it would begin an “orderly wind-down of oper

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Spirit in the sky: Spirit Airlines shuts down operations with all flights canceledSpirit Airlines shut down its operations on Saturday after a final bid from the government to bail out the airline fell through. In an announcement at 2:23 a.m., just ahead of the 3 a.m. deadline to reach another deal, the airline said it would begin an “orderly wind-down of oper
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