Spirit Airlines wasn’t ‘destined to prosper’: Byron York

Published May 4, 2026 12:53pm ET | Updated May 4, 2026 12:53pm ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said that Spirit Airlines wasn’t “destined to prosper,” after the company announced it would shut down following years of struggles. 

“Here you just had the market working,” York said on Fox & Friends on Monday. “Spirit was in bankruptcy twice. It had an ever-diminishing share of passengers, and it was just not destined to prosper; that’s just all there is to it.” 

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