Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
Spirit Airlines’ aircraft and airport slots are set to be marketed for sale, with demand expected to be strongest at slot-constrained locations including Fort Lauderdale and New York LaGuardia. The move highlights how Spirit’s distress is converting route privileges and capacity into investable assets.
The National UAE
• The National
By The National UAE: General Civil Aviation Authority said temporary restrictions in place owing to Iran war have Headphones Play/Pause English Play/Pause Arabic Bookmark The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday announced the full resumption of air traffic operations in the country.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has outlined how the federal government is working with airlines to help passengers and crew members who have been left stranded after Spirit Airlines suddenly collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, grounding all flights with immediate effect.
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.
Skift
• Jay Shabat, Meghna Maharishi, Seth Borko
By Skift: Airlines The End of Spirit Airlines: Live Analysis Meghna Maharishi , Jay Shabat , and Seth Borko May 1st, 2026 at 3:28 PM EDT Skift Take The end of Spirit may not be the end of an era so much as the beginning of a reckoning.
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.
AINonline
• Curt Epstein
By AINonline: Measure could spur further growth in the SAF industry.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
