Originally Posted by hercretired

From the DOJ press release:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-statements-district-court-decision-block-jetblues-acquisition-spirit



Anticompetitive. Hold that thought, lets look at the Clayton Act

https://www.justice.gov/atr/antitrust-laws-and-you



What exactly is "anticompetitive"

Harvard Law journal: https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-130/antitrust-law-is-not-that-complicated/

They define it as:



In other words, offering a better quality widget, with better customer service, thus resulting in increased profits because you charge more, but the customer still comes because he thinks you are better, is not anticompetitive. That is "business 101."

But Merging with a competitor, resulting in your ability to be the only guy in town, and potentially increase prices whenever you want, is anticompetitive.

Knowing what we know now, the courts will not permit a super ULCC to exist