JetBlue Airways Corp. offered to buy budget carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. for $3.6 billion, potentially spoiling a competing bid by rival Frontier Group Holdings Inc. and reshaping the landscape for…
By Mary Schlangenstein and Justin Bachman | Bloomberg
The surprise development comes about two months after Frontier reached an agreement to buy Spirit for $2.9 billion. Frontier criticized the competing offer, saying such a combination would raise fares and reduce flight options. It also questioned JetBlue’s effort in light of an unrelated federal lawsuit to block an alliance with American Airlines Group Inc.
A Spirit acquisition would give JetBlue the growth that it’s long sought, moving it closer to competing with larger carriers and assuring its spot as the fifth-largest airline in the U.S.
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