Daily Podcast: JetBlue’s Shock Bid for Spirit Airlines
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Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, April 6, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.
Skift Daily Briefing Podcast
Listen to the day’s top travel stories in under four minutes every weekday.Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast explains why JetBlue wants to buy Spirit, Sonder’s hotel-like moves, and Sri Lanka’s challenges with its biggest tourist market.
Listen Subscribe Episode NotesJetBlue Airways has shocked the aviation industry by submitting a $3.6 billion bid for low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, potentially derailing Spirit’s planned merger with Frontier Airlines, reports Madhu Unnikrishnan, editor of Airline Weekly, a Skift brand.
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