Ben Ferguson: “Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral.”

“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 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.” (09:30–09:35)

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