Originally Posted by todd1200

Another part of the plaintiff’s filing that the bloggers missed:

76. The proposed elimination of Spirit may result in the cancellation of Spirit’s order for new aircraft and its concomitant increase in capacity and expansion. JetBlue operates mostly Boeing aircraft. Spirit, on the other hand, operates Airbus and the merger may require the cancellation of all or some of the Airbus aircraft currently on order by Spirit (Spirit Airlines announced its intention to has an order to purchase 100 new Airbus A320neo family aircraft). As a result, if Spirit is eliminated, it is very probable that JetBlue may decide not to operate the new aircraft with which it is unfamiliar, and will cancel Spirit’s pending order for new Airbus planes. JetBlue’s cancellation of the Airbus order may lead to further capacity reductions in the air carrier market and may exacerbate the industry-wide so-called “capacity discipline” agreements among the major airlines that have plagued passengers since the airline mergers began in 2008 and which have served only to drive prices upward - and passenger service and satisfaction downward.


https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...255241.1.0.pdf