Spirit Airlines says that it has "started an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately" after failing to secure a $500 million bailout from the Trump administration.
Spirit Airlines final flight was flight 1833 which travelled from Detroit to Dallas and landed early Saturday morning just after midnight as the airline says it flew more than 50,000 passengers over the past day and is working to get more than 1,300 crew safely home to their bases.
A spokesperson for Spirit also said that the majority of the airline's employees found out about the airline's closure primarily through media reports that they were about to lose their jobs.
The airline was scheduled to operate 277 flights Saturday, according to data from Airline Data Inc, which have now all been cancelled.
"To our Guests: all flights have been cancelled, and customer service is no longer available," Spirit said in a statement on its website. "We are proud of the impact of our ultra-low-cost model on the industry over the last 34 years and had hoped to serve our Guests for many years to come."