Spirit starts monthslong process of dismantling airline after biggest collapse in a generation

A Spirit Airlines airplane at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines ' more than three-decade run ended over the weekend , but on Tuesday it was just starting the monthslong process of dismantling the company after the biggest U.S. airline collapse in a generation. …