2026年4月24日 / 美国东部时间下午3:39 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
据了解相关讨论的美国官员透露，特朗普政府正在探索动用《国防生产法案》，作为拯救陷入困境的精神航空的战略之一。
多名消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，特朗普总统对采取某种形式的联邦行动持开放态度，他也曾公开表示会“为保住工作岗位而这么做”。
精神航空过去两年已两次申请破产保护，此前拜登政府时期的美国司法部阻止了其与捷蓝航空的合并。伊朗战争推高了所有航空公司的航空燃油成本，本月早些时候，债权人对精神航空能否继续存续表达了严重质疑。
《国防生产法案》是一项紧急权力，通常用于迫使私营企业优先履行政府合同、增加关键物资供应。
该法案还包括为私营企业提供与国防相关的贷款授权，这可能成为这家航空公司的救命稻草。
两名官员对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，该战略需获得精神航空债权人的批准。
美国行政管理和预算局已在探讨联邦救助精神航空的具体方案，并讨论了包括商务部和五角大楼参与在内的多种可能性。
根据方案，政府将以合理利率向精神航空提供5亿美元贷款，并成为破产清算顺序中的首位债权人。该贷款将由价值超过政府投入成本的精神航空资产作为担保，还将为纳税人提供认股权——即在公司破产重组后持有该公司90%股份的权利。
消息人士透露，五角大楼将利用精神航空的剩余运力运送军队、军用物资或执行其他任务。
随后该航空公司可能会被出售给另一家航空公司。
白宫和商务部的发言人未立即置评。
美国商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克与白宫支持推进该方案，他们认为，如果政府不介入，精神航空很可能会被清算，员工也将失业。
这一立场导致卢特尼克与美国交通部长肖恩·达菲产生分歧，达菲反对该方案，称此举可能引发政治问题，并会延长外界普遍认为该航空公司不可避免的财务失败结局。
特朗普政府官员普遍同意，在与伊朗的战争期间，最好不要让一家美国企业倒闭，尤其是在燃油价格持续上涨的情况下。
特朗普周四在谈到精神航空时表示：“他们有一些不错的飞机，一些优质资产。”
一名官员表示，精神航空并非完全拥有其全部资产。截至2025年底，精神航空自有48架飞机，租赁了83架。
4月初，精神航空与美国联合航空公司的高管与白宫官员会面，提出了部分清算计划，其中包括出售精神航空在纽瓦克自由国际机场——联合航空的枢纽机场——的起降时刻。起降时刻是指航空公司在特定机场起飞或降落的预定时段。
特朗普政府否决了这一方案。其中一名消息人士称，联邦政府拥有起降时刻，此举将予以保留，以使精神航空对未来的收购方更具吸引力。
总统对此表示关注。他本周表示：“他们还有一些非常优质的起降时刻，价值不菲。”
萨拉·普洛斯、克里斯·范·克利夫和凯瑟琳·克鲁普尼克为本报道撰稿。
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White House mulls using Defense Production Act in Spirit Airlines takeover
April 24, 2026 / 3:39 PM EDT / CBS News
The Trump administration is exploring using the Defense Production Act as part of a strategy to save the beleaguered Spirit Airlines, according to U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.
President Trump is open to some type of federal action, several sources told CBS News, and he has said publicly he’d “do it to save the jobs.”
Spirit has declared bankruptcy twice in the past two years, after the Department of Justice blocked a merger with JetBlue during the Biden administration. The Iran war has been driving up jet fuel costs for all airlines and earlier this month, creditors expressed serious doubts Spirit could remain viable.
The Defense Production Act is an emergency power typically used to compel private sector companies to prioritize government contracts and increase supplies of critical goods.
It also includes providing loan authority to private firms for national defense, potentially a lifeline for the airline.
The strategy would be subject to approval from Spirit’s creditors, two of the officials told CBS News.
The Office of Management and Budget has explored what a federal bailout of Spirit Airlines would look like and has discussed possibilities that would include Commerce Department and Pentagon involvement.
The government would lend Spirit $500 million at a reasonable rate interest, and become the top debtor in the bankruptcy pecking order. The loan would be protected by Spirit assets that would exceed the government’s costs, and would provide taxpayers with a warrant — the right to own 90% of the company after it emerges from bankruptcy.
The Pentagon would use Spirit’s excess capacity for transporting troops, military cargo or other missions, sources told CBS News.
The airline would then likely be sold to another carrier.
Spokespeople for the White House and Commerce Department didn’t immediately comment.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the White House have advocated for proceeding, arguing that if the government isn’t involved, the company would likely be liquidated and its jobs lost.
The stance has put Lutnick at odds with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy who argued against it, saying that this move could create a political problem and would prolong what is seen as inevitable with a financial failure for the airline.
Trump officials generally agree that it would be preferable to avoid letting an American company go out of business during the war with Iran, especially as fuel prices keep rising.
Mr. Trump said Thursday of Spirit, “They have some good aircraft, some good assets.”
Spirit doesn’t own all of its assets outright, one official said. At the end of 2025, Spirit owned 48 planes and leased 83.
In early April, Spirit and United Airlines executives approached White House officials, with part of a liquidation plan that would include selling Spirit’s “slots” at Newark Airport, a United hub. Slots are scheduled times for airlines to take off or land at a given airport.
Trump officials rejected that idea. The federal government owns slots, which would be preserved to make Spirit more attractive for a future owner, one of the sources said.
The president has voiced interest. “They have some very good slots too, which are pretty valuable,” he said this week.
Sarah Ploss, Kris Van Cleave and Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report.
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