SEATTLE – Spirit Airlines shocked customers, partners, and the travel industry with a sudden end to operations heading into the weekend. While their financial troubles had been known, and bankruptcy filed, there were holdout hopes before a sudden stop, including a failed $500 million government bailout.
Some customers were left scrambling for new flights just ahead of, or during, their planned travels. Multiple airlines stepped in to offer help, such as Delta offering reduced fares for stranded Spirit customers, or Alaska offering help with reciprocal travel.
FOX 13’s Shirah Matsuzawa reached out to Seattle’s hometown airline, Alaska Airlines, about their responses to the end of Spirit’s operations. …