Duffy: Iran war ‘was not the impetus’ for Spirit shutting down amid rising fuel prices

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rebuffed the suggestion that Spirit Airlines was forced to shut down as a result of rising fuel prices brought on by the Iran war.  “Spirit was in dire straits long before the war with Iran,” Duffy said during a press conference in New Jersey on Saturday.  “Multiple times, they filed for…