In 2011, visitors to Las Vegas were treated to a colorful bit of marketing: a panel truck converted into a plexiglass fishbowl with female pole dancers gyrating inside. Lettered across the flank appeared the promise: “For $9, I’ll let you see my Vegas.”
This roving cab of concupiscence wasn’t an ad for a strip club or an escort service. It was a promotion for Spirit Airlines, which was charging just $9 for the hop from Los Angeles.
That same airline shut the jetways for good on May 2, ending 34 years of service.
It takes more than one force to permanently ground a carrier that operated over 5,000 flights to 88 destinations in 2025, and Spirit had its share.
