Originally Posted by
PSU Flyer
I think a big reason JetBlue wanted Spirit was purely to avoid a NK/F9 tie up. If they feel like NK/F9 is no longer viable based on arguments in this trial, they may be content to just walk away. The $400 or $470 million may be worth it to have avoided the super ULCC.
Nothing is super about a large ULCC. It really wouldn’t be much bigger than JetBlue is on its own and it’s a failed model at scale. I doubt that was their reason