{"id":259403,"date":"2026-05-05T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:33:12","slug":"spirit-airlines-reports-more-than-4000-jobs-lost-in-florida-after-weekend-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259403\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines reports more than 4,000 jobs lost in Florida after weekend shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defunct Spirit Airlines has reported the impact to Florida\u2019s aviation labor market after its weekend shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a filing with the State of Florida, the financially troubled company said it eliminated more than 4,000 jobs in South and Central Florida, with the job losses concentrated at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the company\u2019s headquarters in Dania Beach, Miami International Airport, and two sites at Orlando International Airport.<\/p>\n

The locations and eliminations reported by the company to FloridaCommerce<\/a> in mandated \u201cWARN\u201d Notices include:<\/p>\n

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International: 2,529Spirit Support Center, Dania Beach: 551Miami International: 151Orlando International: 796.<\/p>\n

The airline also listed another 796 job eliminations at an inflight operations center in Orlando. It is unclear whether that figure was a duplicate listing of the Orlando losses.<\/p>\n

There was no mention of Palm Beach International Airport, where Spirit had a nominal presence.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Spirit Airlines flight attendant speaks out after sudden shutdown leaves thousands jobless<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall, Spirit has said 17,000 direct and indirect jobs were cut starting last Saturday, the day of the carrier\u2019s final flight. Other affected locations listed were Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, New York, and Newark, N.J.<\/p>\n

On Monday, FloridaCommerce, in conjunction with CareerSource Broward, which is part of a network of state supported job search agencies, conducted counseling sessions for Spirit employees in Hollywood. A repeat session was scheduled for Tuesday, with others occurring in Orlando on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n

For the second time in a year, Spirit descended into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to completely revamp its finances, cutting cities in its expansive network, which included destinations in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Other airlines helping stranded Spirit Airlines passengers<\/a><\/p>\n

But the airline, which started flying more than three decades ago as a discount carrier appealing to budget travelers, was unable to follow through on its recovery plan after the U.S. war against Iran caused an unmanageable spike in jet fuel prices.<\/p>\n

The airline has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in New York to approve its extensive plan for an orderly wind-down of its operations, which will include the sale of aircraft, engines and equipment it owns, as well as real estate including its company headquarters.<\/p>\n

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