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How Spirit's shutdown is reverberating across the travel industry

Spirit Airlines shut down Saturday morning after talks for a government bailout fell apart.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with CNBC airline reporter Leslie Josephs about what this means for Spirit’s customers, employees and equipment.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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