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Influencer hopes to crowdfund $1.75bn to buy collapsed Spirit Airlines

Rob Beschizza
May 04, 2026
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Image: Spirit Airlines flight; MKPhoto12 / shutterstock.com

Spirit Airlines, the previously-bankrupted budget carrier put out of business over the weekend by Trump’s aimless Iran War and soaring oil prices, may yet have a future: a crowdfunding campaign to relaunch it as “Spirit 2.0”, “owned by the people.” The influencer behind the campaign says it rece…

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