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US airlines’ liquidity squeeze: US DOT Form 41 shows Spirit cash decline (2016–1Q26)

An updated US Department of Transportation B-1 table (Form 41) provides airline cash-position data from 2016 through 1Q26, enabling interactive charting. The dataset highlights Spirit’s pronounced cash deterioration, reinforcing the carrier’s distress trajectory over time.

Discovered 2026-06-16T11:43:53.979700-07:00 | 2026-06-16T11:43:53.979700-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • The US DOT Form 41 cash-position timeline (2016–1Q26) provides a standardized view of liquidity—showing how Spirit’s decline unfolded rather than appearing as a one-off event.
  • Liquidity is the leading constraint in airline restructurings and wind-down sequencing; this quantitative deterioration context complements prior reporting on Spirit’s restructuring and end-state moves, including IATA’s warnings on affordable-carrier distress and US court approval for a formal wind-down.
  • For capacity planning and competitive modeling, knowing the pace and depth of cash burn helps explain why downstream network repositioning accelerated after Spirit’s shutdown, as captured in ULCCs moving into Spirit’s markets.

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2026-06-16T11:43:53.979700-07:00
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2026-06-17T13:18:37.967574-07:00
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