November 19, 20240 Comments

Spirit Air files for bankruptcy following failed JetBlue deal

Article content Spirit Airlines Inc. has filed for bankruptcy in the wake of greater competition from rival carriers and financial troubles following its scuttled merger with JetBlue Airways Corp. The airline filed for Chapter 11 in New York listing assets and liabilities of between US$1 billion and US$10 billion, according to a court document. Spirit has been in negotiations with its creditors since a federal judge blocked that US$3.8 billion

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November 8, 20240 Comments

American Airlines loses US appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance By Reuters

By Nate Raymond (NS:) and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines (NASDAQ:)’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:) violated federal antitrust law. Siding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge’s ruling blocking the airlines’ “Northeast Alliance,” which had allowed the two carriers to coordinate

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