Budget airlines like Spirit and Southwest are getting more desperate. You're going to hate it.

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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 arrives at Los Angeles International Airport during Memorial Day weekend on May 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Southwest Airlines will soon roll out assigned seating on all of its flights as the industry faces high costs and falling profits.

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Spirit Airlines is making big changes to how it sells tickets

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A new Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo.

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A small, low-cost airline you may not have heard of just announced 18 new routes and its first international destinations

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One of the Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800s that will operate the airline's new routes.

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Airlines are scrambling to fix the unsustainable crisis caused by too many cheap flights

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A United Airlines plane lands at Newark Airport, with a widebody and narrowbody in the foreground, and the New York skyline in the background.
United Airlines and many of its peers are struggling to keep profits up thanks to an influx of cheap tickets and high costs.

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These are the best low-cost airlines in the world, according to travelers — see the full list

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AirAsia flight attendants in front of an AirAisa Airbus A320.

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