Traveler slams 'awful' experience of canceled flights as budget airline announces creditor agreement

Passengers of Spirit Airlines, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice, person faced cancellations, delays and headaches this February arsenic the fund hose has struggled to clasp crews and formation attendants. 

The institution axed much than 250 flights, creating havoc for South Florida residents, arsenic USA Today and different outlets reported. The cancellations were unrelated to caller snowstorms. 

"Spirit Airlines has been suffering unit shortages for months now," Gary Leff, a Texas-based question manufacture adept and writer of the blog "View from the Wing," told Fox News Digital. 

"They've been acknowledging a deficiency of unit successful galore of their cancellation announcements."

"The troubled bearer has chopped pay," helium added. "Given uncertainty astir the carrier's future, it's apt immoderate employees are taking unannounced clip disconnected for a occupation search."

Travelers successful Florida person been deed hard by caller cancellations and delays by Spirit Airlines.  (iStock)

The formation disruptions, arsenic reported by FlightAware, impacted passengers successful peculiar astatine Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Palm Beach International Airport and Orlando International Airport.

"I loved flying Spirit," a longtime passenger, Ira Mendelsohn, told The Palm Beach Post. 

"The fares are reasonable, they were dependable — and with homes successful some the Palm Beach and Atlantic City areas, I seldom had to bring other luggage with me."

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In 2026, however, loyal customers similar Mendelsohn person suffered arsenic a effect of the staffing shortages.

Mendelsohn precocious had 2 Spirit Airlines flights canceled successful 1 weekend, helium said.

There volition beryllium "flexibility to set to seasonal request crossed markets."

"It has been awful," Mendelsohn told the publication. 

"And it tin instrumentality hours present to scope lawsuit service."

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"It didn't astonishment maine this was a important occupation implicit the caller three-day vacation weekend," Leff of "View from the Wing" added. 

"The airline’s challenges are continuing."

Many unit members were furloughed by Spirit Airlines amid the company's bankruptcy proceedings.  (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg)

The fund hose announced Tuesday it reached an statement with creditors that volition alteration it to look from bankruptcy successful the outpouring oregon aboriginal summer.

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"Spirit volition align its web and capableness to routes and periods of strongest user demand. This includes higher craft utilization during highest days portion reducing off-peak flying, arsenic good arsenic the flexibility to set to seasonal request crossed markets," the institution said successful a quality release.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Spirit Airlines for much accusation and comment.

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Before this news, though, 1 booked rider took to r/spiritair.on Reddit to complain, saying, "What is going on? … Why are determination inactive truthful galore cancellations successful mid-February?"

"Spirit Airlines has been suffering unit shortages for months now," a Texas-based question manufacture adept said. (Joe Raedle)

Another traveler said, "I was expected to alert location and nary flights retired for the adjacent 3 days aft that. ... Not booking Spirit anymore."

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The hose moved to callback 500 of much than 1,300 formation attendants who were furloughed successful December, arsenic Fox Business has reported.

"It tin instrumentality hours present to scope lawsuit service," a rider said.  (Joe Raedle)

"This is bully quality for 500 formation attendants and their families," said the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the national that represents Spirit formation attendants. 

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Also, Spirit is issuing afloat refunds for unused tickets if passengers take not to travel.

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