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JetBlue Faces Calls to Lower $3.8 Billion Purchase Price for Spirit Airlines
It increasingly looks like JetBlue is overpaying for Spirit.
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What’s Happening at Spirit and Frontier?
Slower bookings and "heightened" discounting are hurting Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines this quarter. That means potentially deep losses for the ultra low-cost carriers.
JetBlue Pilots Back Spirit Airlines Merger
Pilots at JetBlue Airways are the latest to back the carrier's proposed $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines. The combination, if it wins antitrust approval, would create the fifth largest…
Maui Tourism’s Path to Recovery
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Maui’s recovery, Marriott’s carbon footprint, and Spirit’s dispiriting forecast.
Delta and Southwest Say Demand Remains Strong While Budget Rivals’ Profits Get Hit
All of the airlines are confronting a spike in fuel prices, with labor and other costs up as well. And that will hit profits.
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Spirit Airlines Stuns with Forecast of Steep Third-Quarter Loss
It's a tough time to be a budget airline in the U.S.
Hyatt Thinks a Return to Offices Could Boost Business Travel
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Hyatt's business travel optimism, JetBlue-Spirit merger spoils, and business travel spending trends.
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Allegiant and Frontier to Make Big Gains if JetBlue-Spirit Merger Approved
JetBlue keeps getting its ducks in a row for approval of its proposed Spirit merger. But even a new agreement with Allegiant Air may not be enough.
JetBlue’s Fare Plans for Spirit Air
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at JetBlue’s plans for Spirit Air, Skiplagged’s latest lawsuit, and Qantas’s new strategy.
JetBlue Would Raise Spirit Airfares by as Much as 40%: Report
An admission by JetBlue that it would raise Spirit airfares could doom their proposed merger.