Over 4,000 Spirit Airlines employees laid off in Florida after company shuts down, records show
After Spirit Airlines announced it was shutting down the company over the weekend, over 4,000 employees in Florida were laid off, records showed.
According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act records posted on Monday, 4,853 employees across three South Florida airports and two support centers were laid off.
The layoffs started on Saturday when Spirit announced the shutdown, and will continue until May 13.
The number of employees who were laid off based on location includes the following:
Location Layoffs Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport 2529 Orlando International Airport 796 Miami International Airport 181 MCO Infight & Operations Center (OOC) in Orlando 796 Spirit Support Center in Dania Beach 551
As employees react to the fallout of Spirit’s closure, CareerSource Broward is holding a rapid response event at their South Center in Hollywood to provide them with resources.
The event starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m.
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