Overview
- Spirit will end service at Hartford’s Bradley International on October 31 and at Minneapolis–St. Paul on December 1, with affected customers to be contacted for refunds.
- The changes are part of broader cuts that include roughly 40 route eliminations and an estimated 25% capacity reduction, with furloughs planned to begin in late fall.
- Bradley officials say no nonstop destinations will be lost because other airlines already serve Spirit’s former routes, and Spirit accounted for about 3% of the airport’s FY2024 passengers.
- Spirit attributes the retrenchment to an ongoing, court‑supervised restructuring following sustained financial pressures and a previously blocked merger with JetBlue.
- The airline says it does not anticipate additional airport exits in the near term, while airports and analysts note other carriers are positioned to meet demand in affected markets.