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  "path": "/onpoint/2026/05/15/low-cost-airlines-fail-spirit",
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  "textContent": "Spirit Airlines, known for cheap flights, suddenly closed earlier this month. Budget airlines seem to do fine in Europe. Why can’t they survive in the U.S.?",
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