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Federal District Court Enjoins JetBlue’s Acquisition of Spirit

February 06, 2024 (1 min read)

On January 16, 2024, a federal district court in Massachusetts prevented JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines. The court focused on JetBlue’s roots as a maverick, low-cost carrier which provides innovation and downward pressure on prices and how the proposed transaction would greatly increase JetBlue’s size and incentivize it to abandon those roots. Our tracker covering DOJ and FTC merger enforcement actions tracks the details of the JetBlue/Spirit transaction and other merger cases. Details covered include product and geographic markets, concentration statistics, theories of harm, and types of remedies.

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