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No more runway for Spirit Airlines as budget carrier shuts down

Discount carrier Spirit Airlines ceased operations on Saturday. It had been struggling with skyrocketing fuel costs and mountains of debt. A proposed government bailout plan unraveled, leaving thousands of passengers, employees and investors in limbo. Ali Bauman reports from Newark’s Liberty International Airport.

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