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Spirit All But Abandons the West
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Cranky Flier
And only two of those — LAX and Las Vegas — will continue to be served in a meaningful way.
This is the story of how Spirit tried to win the West before finally conceding that it had been lost.
If you look at the Rockies and to the west, Spirit historically was barely in the market.
In 2023, San Jose became the last airport in the West that Spirit would add before it started to dismantle that network.
Spirit Network December 2025Map via CiriumIt’s like looking at two airlines.
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