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The inconvenient truth behind the left’s horrible Spirit Airlines debacle

Removing a discount carrier from the skies is expected to increase airfares across the board this summer travel season

By Ronna McDaniel Fox News

Published May 7, 2026 9:00am EDT

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Biden admin's blocked JetBlue-Spirit merger blamed for airline's downfall

Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy criticizes the Biden administration's decision to block the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger, attributing Spirit's closure and 17,000 job losses to the move.

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Two decades after former Vice President Al Gore predicted the end of the earth, the left is stuck with another inconvenient truth: their policy prescriptions are making air travel more expensive and less accessible this summer travel season.   

Remember this the next time you hear another left-wing politician fulminate about the high costs of travel or try to blame it on the conflict in Iran. Worse, these are the same prescriptions the left wants to bring to every facet of the American economy, and they would be ruinous for our country. 

When Spirit Airlines’ last flight touched down May 2, it was a sad and avoidable outcome that was years in the making. Travelers stranded. As many as 15,000 employees out of work. Smaller market airports suddenly bereft of one of their only travel options. And, more power........

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