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The episode explores the factors contributing to the demise of Spirit Airlines with insights from aviation expert William J. McGee.

Spirit Airlines is dead, and everyone is pointing fingers: Was it the war in Iran that killed Spirit? Joe Biden's Justice Department? Antitrust regulation? Jet fuel? Lina Khan!?? Today on the show we demystify Spirit's demise with William J. McGee, Senior Fellow for Aviation and Travel at the American Economic Liberties Project. William is a long-time consumer advocate in the air travel space and has watched as the deregulation project which began in the 1970s has slowly whittled down c...

People in this episode

Guest: William J. McGee

Topics covered

• aviation
• consumer advocacy
• antitrust regulation
• deregulation
• air travel
• Spirit Airlines

Keywords

• Spirit Airlines
• aviation
• consumer advocacy
• antitrust
• deregulation
• air travel
• Joe Biden
• Lina Khan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Economic Liberties Project, Justice Department, Spirit Airlines

Places: Iran

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