The ailing carrier Spirit Airlines is seeing passenger numbers to and from Las Vegas plummet, as the company navigates its second bankruptcy in under a year.

According to new flight data from Harry Reid Airport—Nevada's busiest, with nearly 60 million passengers in 2024—Spirit Airlines saw a 46 percent decline in arrivals and departures in September compared to a year prior. Year-to-date, the airline’s total of 4 million flights marks a 34 percent drop from the over 6 million during the same period in 2024.

Newsweek has contacted Spirit via email for comment.

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Spirit has long been grappling with declining demand and related financial strains, leading to it filing for bankruptcy in November, from which it emerged in March, only to file again in August . The company

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