Budget US carrier Spirit Airlines ceased operations on Saturday in the wake of the fuel crisis brought about by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The Florida-based airline is the first to have closed due to a doubling of jet fuel prices during the war, which is now two months old.
The closure will cost thousands of jobs and is a blow to US President Donald Trump, who had proposed $500m to save Spirit despite opposition from some of his closest advisers and many Republicans in Congress.
