Spirit Airlines is (sorry, was) the airline you love to hate but also can’t stop flying because $29 flights exist. On May 2nd, at 3 AM (dramatic timing, very on brand), the iconic yellow budget carrier shut its doors for good after years of financial chaos, a blocked merger, and a Trump bailout that went completely nowhere.
But before the internet could even process the news, influencer Hunter Peterson asked, “What if WE just bought it?” And somehow, impossibly, 124,000 people pledged $88 million over a single weekend. The internet is truly built different, and we have the receipts.
