Jessica Karl, Columnist

A $500 Million Check Won’t Help Spirit Airlines Take Off

Turning the beleaguered budget carrier into the next Intel is a truly awful idea.

Don’t let a bad idea take flight.

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Is Spirit Airlines about to become the new face of state capitalism? Bettors on Kalshi sure seem to think so: