17,000 flew out: Dmitriev assessed the bankruptcy of American Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines is the first airline to fall victim to the historic energy crisis. This was stated in the social network X by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev.

So he commented on the bankruptcy of the American airline, which existed for 34 years.

Chronicles of the Crisis: Spirit Airlines went bankrupt — the first airline to fall victim to the historic energy crisis, as aviation fuel prices rose from $2.5 to $4 per gallon. 17,000 people have been fired," Dmitriev writes.

As EADaily reported on the eve, the American airline Spirit Airlines officially ceased operations. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal.

According to the newspaper, this event is directly related to the rise in fuel prices due to the military conflict with Iran, which made it impossible to save an already weakened company.