{"id":234371,"date":"2026-04-16T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234371\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:38:07","slug":"reports-south-florida-based-spirit-airlines-facing-potential-liquidation-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234371\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: South Florida-based Spirit Airlines facing potential liquidation &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The fate of Spirit Airlines appears to be uncertain once again.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported this week that the South Flordia-based company could soon end operations.<\/p>\n<p>With fuel as one of its largest expenses, Spirit faces potential liquidation as a result of rising jet fuel prices, caused by the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit was previously set to exit bankruptcy this spring after they <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/spirit-airlines-sells-assets-recalls-flight-attendants-as-part-of-major-bankruptcy-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reached a deal with lenders<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, the lenders filed an objection to the deal last week, citing the increased fuel prices, which were not accounted for in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>A Spirit spokesperson responded to 7News\u2019 request for comment on Thursday, saying they \u201cdon\u2019t comment on market rumors and speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The fate of Spirit Airlines appears to be uncertain once again.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-234371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}