Airline-dle
Puzzle #23 was Spirit Airlines.
Spirit Airlines, Inc. is an American company which formerly operated as an ultra low cost airline, headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida. It operated scheduled flights throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. In 2023, it was the seventh-largest passenger carrier in North America and the region's largest ultra-low-cost carrier before ceasing flight operations on May 2, 2026.
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What the record says
Puzzle 23 ran on 3 Aug 2026 and the answer was Spirit Airlines, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America; Status - defunct; Alliance - none. The numbers: Founded - 1980.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - SPIRIT WINGS; Codes - NK / NKS; Ceased operations - 2026.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1980
- Alliance
- none
Also on the record
- Callsign
- SPIRIT WINGS
- Codes
- NK / NKS
- Ceased operations
- 2026