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REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDPublished May 2, 2026

Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations, Impacting Employees at BWI

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGTexas Workforce Commission· filed May 2, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
515
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~5.5%
EFFECTIVE DATE
May 1, 2026
515 OF 9,300 EMPLOYEES

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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Official WARN notice
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Spirit AirlinesSAVE
Industrials · 9,300 employees
33
EVENTS TRACKED
9,266
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED MAY 8, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 28, 2026