{"id":191995,"date":"2026-05-14T06:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191995\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:32:07","slug":"spirit-airlines-demise-leaves-pennsylvania-airport-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191995\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines\u2019 demise leaves Pennsylvania airport stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:NewsNation;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NewsNation&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 For the small town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/business\/spirit-airlines-shutdown-plane-repossession\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:demise of Spirit Airlines;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;demise of Spirit Airlines&quot;}\" class=\"link \">demise of Spirit Airlines<\/a> is a big problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Arnold Palmer Airport is the only hub in the country that relied solely on the low-cost carrier\u00a0for commercial flights. That means the only flights going in and out of Latrobe right now\u00a0are chartered or private.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As a result, it has become the only airport in the country to lose 100% of its commercial flights. Westmoreland County Airport Authority Moe Haas joined NewsNation on Wednesday to discuss the impact on Latrobe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s a big economic impact blow to us. \u2026 You know, we\u2019re probably looking\u00a0at around $100 million\u201d in lost revenue, Haas said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/live-updates-trump-and-xi-open-high-stakes-summit-in-beijing\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Live updates: Trump and Xi open high-stakes summit in Beijing;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Live updates&quot;}\"> Live updates: Trump and Xi open high-stakes summit in Beijing <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis place is our second home to a lot of us. I mean, you know, I\u2019ve been here since 1990\u00a0and came up through the ranks and we take a lot of pride and joy in this airport.\u00a0We\u2019re like one big family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Haas said since Spirit began flying into Latrobe in 2011, 3.3 million passengers have come through the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat shows that we have the need, that people around this area want to fly out of here. I mean,\u00a0they like the convenience, they like the destinations that we\u2019re around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019re working with an aviation consultant to try to draw one in,\u201d Haas added,<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to NewsNation. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NewsNation) \u2014 For the small town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the demise of Spirit Airlines is a big problem.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[58647,85468,40320,28,30,29,58650,85467],"class_list":["post-191995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-arnold-palmer-airport","tag-commercial-flights","tag-latrobe","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-spirit-airlines","tag-westmoreland-county-airport-authority-moe-haas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}