Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations, Impacting Employees at BWI
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGTexas Workforce Commission· filed May 2, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Houston, TX (Harris County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on May 2, 2026, after the layoff itself — how a late or amended filing reaches the state.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the TX state workforce agency.
Summary
Spirit Airlines disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the TX state workforce agency on May 2, 2026. That record post-dates the layoff itself, which is how a late or amended filing reaches the state. The notice covers 515 employees in Houston, TX (Harris County), with the layoff effective May 1, 2026.
That is roughly 5.5% of the 9,300 people Spirit Airlines employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 33 layoff events at Spirit Airlines since December 2025, including 9,266 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 18 additional events known from news reporting.
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