USA Why did Spirit fail? Too many passengers hated flying it

[Romanos]

Lousy service, not the Iran war, killed Spirit Airlines.

Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and – crucially – its reputation for poor customer service. The spike in jet fuel prices during the war just accelerated Spirit’s inevitable demise.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/business/spirit-airline-service-woes

 

[Lamb]

I don't ever remember hearing good things about Spirit airlines. I never flew with them because we don't fly too often.

 

[Frankj]

All businesses fail for the same reason, they don't make enough money to stay in business.

So the real question is why didn't they make enough money.

Every failure is a learning opportunity, both for the one that fails and those observing the failure.