Who killed Spirit Airlines?
Who killed Spirit Airlines?
- May 5, 2026
- Jan Brueckner, economics, shares expertise in this Q&A with Alex Kirshner at Slate
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Slate’s Alex Kirshner talked through it all with Jan Brueckner, a longtime economist at UC Irvine who has studied the airline industry for decades. He has also consulted for airlines, including JetBlue, though he did not have a role in this case. Their condensed conversation is available online.
Read, courtesy of Slate.
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