Overview

• The MSP exit follows a bankruptcy filing four weeks ago, the airline’s second in less than a year.
• Spirit says it will halt service in 11 U.S. cities on Oct. 2, cancel a planned Macon, Georgia launch, and end Hartford flights on Oct. 31.
• The company plans to reduce November capacity by about 25% as it pares back its network.
• A spokesperson confirmed plans to lay off roughly one-third of the airline’s 5,200 flight attendants.
• Spirit says affected customers will be contacted for refunds and it does not anticipate additional airport exits in the near term.