I ʻApelila, ʻōlelo ka Papa Luna Hoʻokele o Spirit Airlines ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā a me ke kānāwai, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana a JetBlue hiki ke "kūpono" i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia iā Spirit e Frontier Airlines.
Akā i kēia lā, ua hoʻolaha nā luna o ka Spirit Airlines ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana o JetBlue Airways, a ke kākoʻo mau nei ka papa ʻo Frontier Airlines i $ 2.9 biliona kālā hoʻoili no ka mea lawe moku Florida.
Frontier Airlines a me JetBlue Hawaiian Airlines e hakakā nei no Spirit Airlines e hoʻokūkū maikaʻi me nā mea lawe hoʻoilina, a i ʻole nā mokulele "ʻehā nui" e hoʻokele ana ma kahi o 80% o ka mākeke kaʻa kaʻa US.
Uhane Airlines Ua hōʻole ʻo ia i kahi hāʻawi kūʻai mai JetBlue, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hopohopo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hoʻopau ʻia ka makana ʻo JetBlue $3.6 biliona e nā mea hoʻoponopono antitrust a ke hoʻomau nei kāna papa alakaʻi i ke kākoʻo i hana ʻia e Frontier i Pepeluali a manaʻo ʻo ia ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻonui ai i ka waiwai.
I loko o kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia iā JetBlue, ʻōlelo ʻo ka Luna Hoʻomalu ʻo Mac Gardner, ʻo kā JetBlue "he pae kūpono ʻole o ka pani ʻana" e pono ai nā mea kuleana e lawe.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ka hui pū ʻana o JetBlue a me Spirit no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae antitrust i ka wā e noho mau ana ʻo JetBlue's Northeast Alliance (NEA) me American Airlines," wahi a Spirit i kahi leka iā JetBlue Luna Nui ʻo Robin Hayes i kēia lā.
Manaʻo ʻo Spirit Airlines i kahi kuʻikahi me Frontier e pani ana i ka hapa lua o ka makahiki.