The movement, dubbed Spirit 2.0, is encouraging regular people to come together and purchase the airline before private equity can.

Spirit Airlines ceased operations overnight after a failed government bailout.

The airline's sudden collapse cancels all flights, impacts 17,000 workers, and forces travelers to scramble for refunds and rebooked trips.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Passengers arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Saturday were still being dropped off for flights that no longer existed — learning only at curbside that Spirit Airlines had shut down overnight.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blames the Biden administration for Spirit Airlines' collapse, citing the blocked JetBlue merger as the cause.

The White House's top economic adviser also found a way to blame the Biden administration for the airline's closure.

Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

One man wants Spirit Airlines to be owned by the people. Over the weekend, Spirit Airlines abruptly closed operations after failing to secure government