As Spirit Airlines teeters, Detroit Metro Airport has a lot at stake

Spirit Airlines is Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s No. 2 carrier, and that’s why thousands of travelers like Jeanne and Alan Koval are waiting to learn whether the budget airline will be rescued by a proposed federal bailout or collapse into liquidation. ‘We’d be heartbroken,’ said Alan Koval, who with his wife, Jeanne, was headed last week to Orlando on a Spirit flight from Detroit Metro, which ranks among the carrier's top four hubs nationwide.

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