Trump Made ‘Significant Effort’ to Avoid Spirit Airlines ShutdownTrump Made ‘Significant Effort’ to Avoid Spirit Airlines ShutdownTrump Made ‘Significant Effort’ to Avoid Spirit Airlines Shutdown 

Gemini / GoogleThe Trump administration made “a significant effort” to find a way to prevent Spirit Airlines’ shutdown on Saturday, but couldn’t pull it off, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. “There was a number of ideas being floated on how the government could step in and be helpful to Spirit Airlines,” Duffy said Saturday, May 2, in a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport.