Why airlines are always going bankrupt - David Oks
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How aviation companies (fail to) make a profit
Why airlines are always going bankrupt How aviation companies (fail to) make a profit David Oks May 04, 2026 580 76 79 Share All photos by Mike Kelley from his “Life Cycles” series It might not be the most important story in the world right now, as our species takes its first halting steps into a brave new world of technological power whose contours are still to us mysterious and weighted with fearful portent, but lately I’ve been spending a good bit of time reading about the death of Spirit Airlines. Spirit, for those lucky enough to have never flown on one of its planes—I have a few memories
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