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Someone in JetBlue’s legal department still thinks this will pass anti-trust scrutiny, otherwise why increase the cost of the takeover to JetBlue.
Someone in JetBlue’s legal department still thinks this will pass anti-trust scrutiny, otherwise why increase the cost of the takeover to JetBlue.
I find it curious that there are anti-trust concerns for JetBlue when United merged with Continental, American bought US Airways, and Delta merged with Northwest (among other examples).
It appears to me that Jet Blue is trying really hard to prevent Spirit from merging with Frontier. That merger would create a major competitor to Jet Blue. According to other information I have read, Spirit and Jet Blue operating areas significantly overlap, which is one reason why the SEC may consider it an anti-trust action. However, as mentioned above, the merger of several legacy carriers calls into question how aggressive the government might be in Jet Blue’s case.