Spirit Airlines has been struggling for years, ever since the COVID-19 Pandemic they have haven’t been profitable, now while this has been impacting ultra low cost carriers in the United States 
and not just them, they have however felt the most pressure from this. After failed mergers with JetBlue and Frontier, they filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in November 2024, they emerged from that in March 2025 and it was smooth sailing before filing for Chpt 11 once again just 5 months later in August. This time however, it was looking more serious. They cut routes, retied aircraft and all other tactics in an attempt to save money but there was one thing that increased in costs that they couldn’t control. Fuel prices, the conflict in Iran 
has caused oil prices to skyrocket whether it be gas for your car or jet fuel for aircraft. Finally on May 1st, 2026, Spirit stated that if they don’t have a bail from the Trump Administration, they would cease operations on midnight May 2nd Pacific Time. With no funding from the federal government and the deadline approaching, Spirit flights made their final landings across the country and at midnight, the airline officially ceased operations and their remaining flights were cancelled leaving thousands if not millions of passengers stranded and all of their employees without jobs. With this topic, I’ll showcase some pictures I took of Spirit aircraft in game over the years.
NOTE: These photos were all taken at different times with some ranging as early as December 2023, editing may or may not be present and the old rendering engine is still in use
Skittles Airbus A320 blasting out of a very cloudy Fort Lauderdale, FL
(December 2023)
Banana
A321 departing FLL in similar conditions (December 2023)
All new 2014 style A320 cruising above the western United States
making it’s way from Denver, CO to Las Vegas, NV 
on a group flight (January 2024)
Approach LAS on the same flight over the magnificent American Desert!
(January 2024)
Old skittles style A320 approaching Fort Lauderdale
over the vast Florida Everglades 
overlooking I-75 (April 2024)
The same aircraft on short final over I-95 into the 954!
(April 2024)
Now jumping ahead! we have this bare fare A320 on final approach into Bucaramanga, COL!
one of their more unique destinations unfortunately cut due to their financial struggles (August 2025)
Also in Colombia
another one of their unique destinations is Armenia located not too far from Pereira, Cali and Medellin. This route lasted all the way until their liquidation and it’s future remains in limbo (August 2025)
Back to the USA!
this banana bus is heading out of Orlando 
on it’s way to Medellin, COL! with MCOs tower in the background! (October 2025)
Last but not least, we have this A320 climbing out of Fort Lauderdale
for a short hop to Key West, FL. This route is notable as being flown by an A320 which was the largest aircraft to operate at EYW (December 2025)
Now that my photo dump is over, let’s all pay our respects to Spirit Airlines 
(1983 - 2026)
