Skift
• Jay Shabat, Meghna Maharishi, Seth Borko
Skift’s live analysis frames Spirit Airlines’ winding down as more than the closure of a legacy carrier: it signals a stress test failure for the ultra-low-cost business model under today’s cost and volatility environment. The outcome culminates ongoing Chapter 11 instability and liquidation risk.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: An air traffic controller at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made a moving tribute to the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight NK-1833 from Detroit, after realizing that the flight was to be the last ever flight of the ultra-low-cost carrier to land after it went into liquidation in the early hours of Saturday.
APEX
• Joshua Kupietzky
By APEX: Alaska Airlines has launched a new premium Suites check-in in Seattle as premium airport service becomes a key competitive battleground.
time.com
• Chantelle Lee
By time.com: The partial government shutdown ended this week, but the toll it has taken on the TSA may still be felt for months to come, experts have warned.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Airline warned it faces revocation of certificate if corrections are not implemented. Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has restricted the air operator’s certificate of carrier Izhavia after an inspection of its activities.
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
By Flying Magazine: Hop-A-Jet president Barry Ellis talks about what the company learned from the crash.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Middle East operations still off significantly but global activity is ahead of 2025.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: The possible shutdown comes as negotiations over a bailout from the Trump administration have hit an impasse.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
