Budget travelers beware: The era of cheap airfare could be over

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The conditions that allowed Spirit's and Frontier's models to work in the last decade no longer exist, analysts say, amid rising costs and an increasingly K-shaped economy.
SyOut-of-service Spirit Airlines aircraft rest at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Arizona on May 2, 2026.
Not-in-service Spirit Airlines aircraft at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Arizona on Saturday.Diannie Chavez / USA Today Network / Imagn

In the wake of Spirit Airlines’ demise, aviation industry observers are now wondering whether a similar fate may await Frontier Airlines, once Spirit’s principal competitor in the big-city low-cost travel category — and whether budget travel itself is now at risk.

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