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March 4, 2024 12:01 pm ET -
JetBlue, Spirit Call Off $3.8 Billion Merger
JetBlue and Spirit have announced they will officially terminate their $3.8 billion merger agreement. JetBlue had planned to purchase Spirit until the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued to block the merger; a federal judge agreed with the DOJ in…
March 1, 2024 3:00 pm ET -
Spirit Shakes-Up Summer Route Network
Ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit has announced a new route shakeup which will see the carrier cutting routes and adding new ones. Initially reported by Ishrion Aviation, the Mirimar, Fla.-based carrier will launch or resume 11 new routes and cancel 12…
January 16, 2024 5:22 pm ET -
JetBlue, Spirit Comment on Merger Blockage
JetBlue Airways has responded to a federal judge’s Tuesday decision to block its merger with Spirit Airlines. Judge William Young agreed with the Justice Department’s argument that removing Spirit Airlines would reduce customer choice and competition, thus limiting competition and…
January 16, 2024 3:33 pm ET -
Judge Blocks JetBlue, Spirit Merger
In a big win for President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, a federal judge has blocked the merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines. The Justice Department sued to block the merger soon after it was announced, arguing that it was…
October 30, 2023 9:30 am ET -
JetBlue, Spirit Merger Trial Looms
The potential merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines has already been a long process. JetBlue took months to convince Spirit shareholders to choose their merger over a deal Spirit had already struck with fellow ultra-low-cost carrier, Frontier. After doing so,…