---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-006723"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLYYQ"
cik: "0001498710"
company_name: "Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:52:44.308277+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spirit Airlines begins wind-down; all flights cancelled, expects complete equity loss

## Summary
- All Spirit flights cancelled effective immediately May 2, 2026; guests told not to go to airport.
- CEO cites sudden sustained rise in fuel prices as final trigger; company needed hundreds of millions in additional liquidity.
- Refunds for card purchases auto-processed; other forms (vouchers, points) handled via bankruptcy process.
- March 2026 bondholder restructuring agreement undone by fuel spike; no alternative funding found.
- Thanks Administration (Commerce Sec. Lutnick), DOT, labor unions, and financial stakeholders (Citadel, Cyrus Capital, Ares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-006723
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLYYQ
- cik: 0001498710
- company_name: Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000095010326006723/0000950103-26-006723-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000095010326006723/dp246246_8k.htm

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