Any human who believes anything other than the obvious, is a bot. It's pretty clear what's going on, having no other info other than, 'US government intervening in airlines merger.'

You beat me to it , agree 99% i would have said in bed with the Dem feds.

all the time...

Does Biden even know about the merger or better yet does he even know there's a airline ?

How will it not effect competition? Looking at their routes, JetBlue, on average, cost 3-4x the ticket price of Spirit. When they buy Spirit, they will eliminate the Spirit pricing and move to Jetblue pricing. There are only THREE low-cost carries in the US, Spirit, Allegiant and Frontier - and more often than not they don't even share routes - so there is NO competition in many markets.

You should update your information since 2021 3 or 4 ultra low airlines came to the market

Another oligopoly, every industry is now an oligopoly. Capitalism for the consumer and socialism for the corporations

That just isn't the case -- I cannot think of any time in history, where mergers of large companies have led to better competition. If Spirit is $100, JetBlue is $250, and American is $350 - The Spirit/JetBlue merger means that Jetblue can still charge $250 and still claim to be the 'cheapest option', and there is nothing the consumer can do about it now.

American, Delta and United were already too big to begin with. I still remember all the old airlines these three massive airlines gobbled up. I mean I was in middle school when TWA was picked up by American, I was a toddler when Eastern airlines was picked up by Continental Airlines and I would graduate High School the same year Continental would merge with United. Same can be said about the other airlines. I was in middle school when TWA was picked up by American and a Sophomore in High School when American West airlines was picked up by American, I was a Junior in High School when I would fly with Northwest airlines for the first and last time and I was 26 when I found out American airlines would be merging with US Airways. While mergers happen, it's the customers and employees that are most affected by the decisions made behind the scenes.

@@landonp629but that $100 spirit airfare is not actually $100 and it’s a $3.8B acquisition - a drop in the bucket in comparison to the US airline market

@@brandonwhite958 What do you mean that $100 fare isn't a $100 fare? I have flown Spirit on many occasions and never paid more than the listed fare, which is often times much les than $100. I guess if you want to bring a ton of bags, pick your seat, and buy food and drinks - yeah it could be as expensive or more than a traditional airline - but then WHY fly Spirit? Spirit is for people just looking to get from point A to B without paying for bags they don't need or food they don't want, or in-flight entertainment they don't need. I NEVER buy seats, only travel with a personal item for free, etc.

Why can't the big 4 compete with each other? What the different with big 4 and big 5? All 5 of them just control 90%+ of the market and make their own price.

Eliminating an ultra low cost carrier is anti competitive. If JetBlue wanted to merge. They should’ve brought out Virgin America when they had the chance. Virgin America and JetBlue are both low cost carriers, Spirt And Frontier are both ultra low cost… A merger with JetBlue and Virgin America wouldn’t change much, a merger with Spirit and Frontier wouldn’t change much either.. But a merger with spirit and JetBlue would change everything. The merger should not happen.

good point potentially, but not the ground for this judgement though, which was more focused on impact on current Spirit routes

Do a little more research. Because what you were saying is incorrect. JetBlue would acquire Spirit and claims there would be no layoffs of Spirit staff and they point to their record of no furloughs .

Definitely do more research. If the deal happens you’ll keep your job JetBlue would absorb your operating and rebrand. I’m sure you’ll make more money too. The worst part would be getting acclimated to how JetBlue wants you to work.

That was 10 years ago. Different times, different circumstances.

Came to the comments looking for something like this. The host is mumbling and incoherent. Even if his brain does work fine, his speech is not suitable for broadcast media.

very short-sighted

What is a 'dismerger'?