FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
Avelo’s CEO says the Trump administration could be sympathetic to efforts to help discount airlines escape a competitive “quagmire” shaped by government policy. The comments place ULCC support and subsidy/relief debates at the center of how smaller low-fare players defend market access and liquidity.
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.
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.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Spirit’s planes and slots will soon be up for sale and slots at places like Fort Lauderdale and LaGuardia could see high demand.
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.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: The possible shutdown comes as negotiations over a bailout from the Trump administration have hit an impasse.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: !a united airlines boeing 737 flying in the sky.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
New York Times
• James Glanz, John Yoon, Mark Walker, Mika Gröndahl, Pablo Robles
