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Ben Ferguson: “Fares on those [abandoned Spirit Airlines] routes went up…”

Featuring: Ben Ferguson, Conservative | Talk Show Host | National

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Democrats Kill your Spirit—How Biden, Warren & Buttigieg Destroyed Spirit Air

Published | Video Starts at 09:34

Spirit, not only now, now you talk about the other fallout center, and that IS spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those [abandoned Spirit Airlines] routes went up about 15% on average. Oakland to Newark, for example, went from 135 to 288. Fort Myers of San Juan went from $92 to $219. Kansas City, New York went up 66%. (09:34–09:39)

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Asserts that fares increased by 15% on average on routes abandoned by Spirit Airlines.

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