ʻO Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., ka hui makua o Frontier Airlines, Inc., i kēia lā i hoʻopuka i ka ʻōlelo aʻe e pili ana i ka hui ʻana o Frontier me Spirit.
I nā pule i hala iho nei, ua hoʻolaha ʻo JetBlue e peʻe ana ka hoʻokele ʻuhane ma hope o nā hopohopo antitrust "hoʻopunipuni" a "hoʻopunipuni" i mea e hōʻole ai iā JetBlue i ke kuleana e lawe - a holoi ʻia mai ka noho ʻana - ka mea lawe nui loa o ka ʻāina.
ʻAʻole ʻo JetBlue e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. A Uhane loaa e JetBlue e alakaʻi i kahi hopena make—ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e loli ka nui o ke kālā, ʻāhewa, a kuhi hewa paha. A ʻo ka waiwai wale nō e loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai waiwai Spirit mai ka noi a JetBlue ʻo ia ka uku hoʻopau hope, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe manaʻo maoli o ka manaʻo o JetBlue e loaʻa i ka ʻae kānāwai.
Ua ʻae ʻo JetBlue e hoʻoneʻe mau ia i ka hiki mai ka mākeke ma o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o Spirit e wehe i nā noho. Ua kapa ʻia nā loio Antitrust he "palena hoʻopuka," a he mea make ia i ka ʻōlelo a JetBlue. Pēlā nō ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai a JetBlue. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o ka mokulele mokulele ʻo ia hoʻi nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka Luna Nui o JetBlue, ʻo Robin Hayes, ʻike maoli i kēlā. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei, “E piʻi ana ke kumukūʻai maʻamau o nā kumukūʻai ea no ka mea aia [ili] nā noho liʻiliʻi. ʻO ia ka mea a JetBlue e hana ai me nā ʻauwaʻa o Spirit. ʻOiaʻiʻo, i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāna kumukūʻai ma ʻApelila 6, ua ʻōlelo ʻo JetBlue e loaʻa ana ka loaʻa mahuahua kona mau palena waiwai, ʻoiai ke kumu kūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO kēia mau ʻoiaʻiʻo—ua ʻae ʻia nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me nā huahana haʻahaʻa-e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā JetBlue ke hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻae ʻana no kāna kiʻi ʻana i ka Spirit. ʻAʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia he "divestitures" o nā puka mokulele a i ʻole nā ʻīpuka, a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni a i ʻole gimmicks, hiki ke hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia make o JetBlue.
A ʻaʻole kēia ʻo JetBlue wale nō nā pilikia hoʻoponopono. ʻIke ʻia ke kumu kūʻē kūʻē hoʻokūkū no kāna koho. Ua ʻae ʻo JetBlue iā ia, e ʻōlelo ana i kāna 2021 10-K he mea hoʻoweliweli ka Frontier/Spirit i ka "hoʻokūkū" o JetBlue - a he kumu hoʻohālike o ka hui ʻana e "hiki ke hoʻemi ʻia nā kumukūʻai o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū." Ua ʻae ʻo Mr. Hayes ma hope mai "ʻo ka manawa" o ka noi a JetBlue "ua hoʻokele ʻia e ka hoʻolaha" o ka hui ʻana o ULCC.
A laila aia ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo o ʻAmelika iā JetBlue e kāohi i kāna Northeast Alliance me American Airlines. ʻOiai ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana i nā mea a pau-me ka poʻe kuleana ʻuhane-e hoʻolaha ana kahi kālepa i ka moʻolelo moʻolelo, i kapa ʻia ʻo "JetBlue Effect," ua ʻae mua ʻo Mr. Hayes i ke kumu o ka DOJ no ka lawe ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi NEA: "Ua manaʻo ʻo DOJ e hoʻopau ka mana o ʻAmelika i ka "Ka hopena ʻo JetBlue." No laila ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua ka DOJ i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa a JetBlue no kahi kālepa. A, kū'ē i ka ʻōlelo a Mr. Hayes e hoʻoholo koke ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo NEA-a no laila ʻaʻohe hopena i ka loaʻa ʻana iā JetBlue/Spirit-ʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe ʻia. makahiki e hoʻoholo i ka hihia NEA, ma o ka hoʻokolokolo a me nā hoʻopiʻi hiki ʻole. ʻOiai ke kali nei ka poʻe kuleana ʻuhane no ka mea, pololei? ʻO kahi uku haʻihaʻi, mau makahiki ma hope, mai loko mai o ka ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni JetBlue?
No nā pule, ua hoʻopiha ʻo JetBlue i nā nalu me ka walaʻau. Ua kaʻana like i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni, ʻoiai ke nānā ʻole nei i nā pilikia antitrust maopopo a make. ʻOiaʻiʻo, i nehinei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo JetBlue "ua ʻae ka poʻe loea i waho, i loko o ka hoʻokele o kēia manawa, ua like kā mākou kālepa me Frontier i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae ʻia."4 ʻAʻohe kumu ʻo JetBlue, ʻoiaʻiʻo - no laila ʻo nā "poʻe loea i waho" e ʻike ʻia e kamaʻilio nei? ʻO kāna mea ponoʻī, ʻo JetBlue-hired antitrust loio.
Makemake ʻo JetBlue iā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai ʻo Frontier a me JetBlue i nā ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi antitrust i ʻokoʻa wale i ke degere, ʻaʻole i ke ʻano. Akā ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻAʻole hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻUhane iā JetBlue.
He ʻokoʻa loa ka hui ʻana o Frontier/Spirit. ʻO kā mākou kālepa e hoʻonui i ka huahana a hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai ma o ka lawe ʻana i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa i nā ala ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokūkū me nā mokulele mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka Frontier a me ka Spirit i hui pū ʻia e hoʻoulu i ka noi ma o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka poʻe e lele i ka wā e kūʻai aku ai nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe e JetBlue a me ka Big Four iā lākou ma waho o ka mākeke.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- JetBlue even admitted it, stating in its 2021 10-K that the Frontier/Spirit deal is a threat to JetBlue's “competitiveness”—and an example of a merger that “could cause fares of our competitors to be reduced.
- A combined Frontier and Spirit will stimulate demand by inducing people to fly when the high fares offered by JetBlue and the Big Four would otherwise price them out of the market.
- Over the last few weeks, JetBlue has proclaimed that Spirit management is hiding behind “false” and “misleading” antitrust concerns so as to deny JetBlue the right to take over—and erase from existence—the nation's largest ultra-low-cost carrier.
