The cessation of operations by Spirit Airlines on May 2, 2026, following the failure to secure a $500 million assistance package from President Trump’s administration, marked a confirmation of the transformation of the American aviation industry from a commercial sector into an instrument of macroeconomic management, triggered by the U.S. military operation against Iran.
The collapse of Spirit Airlines has become a marker of a systemic shift in the financing of the U.S. aviation sector, where rising fuel prices and the risk of further energy shocks outweigh the credit resilience of mid-tier market carriers.
The aviation crisis is gradually evolving into an extension of a broader conflict between legacy industrial power centers and new models of capital concentration.
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