Orlando Airport Opens New $2.8 Billion Home for JetBlue
Orlando International Airport opened its first new terminal in more than 30 years this week. Aer Lingus inaugurated the $2.8 billion Terminal C, which will also soon house JetBlue Airways, with a departure to the UK on Tuesday. The 15-gate...
Read MoreAustralia’s Qantas-Alliance Deal Concerns May Parallel JetBlue-Spirit Approvals
The Covid-19 pandemic, like most crises, has sparked a wave of consolidation in the global airline industry. JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines plan to merge in the U.S., Avianca and Gol want to create a new South American giant, and,...
Read MoreInside the JetBlue-Spirit Union
With many airlines having now reported their second quarter results, some clear trends are emerging. Most importantly, travel is back in a big way in all but a few markets, like China. On the other hand, high fuel prices are...
Read MoreJetBlue 🖤 Spirit
Spirit Airlines might still escape JetBlue's clutches. Not from anything Frontier Airlines might do— Frontier is now out of the picture. Instead, the biggest obstacle now standing between JetBlue and its takeover of the Florida-based discounter are government lawyers. Antitrust...
Read MoreJetBlue Faces Problem With Rising Costs: How the Spirit Merger Won’t Help
JetBlue Airways posted blockbuster revenues second quarter. Total revenue, as well as unit revenue, rose to historic levels amid strong travel demand across its network. "I'm pleased to see record demand to travel with JetBlue and the solid underlying momentum...
Read MoreWhy is JetBlue So Eager to Buy Spirit?
It won’t take no for an answer. JetBlue Airways wants Spirit Airlines badly, as its higher and higher offers make clear. But why? Here are ten reasons: Consolidation Works Wonders: When America West bought US Airways in 2005, it triggered...
Read MoreThe Latest in the JetBlue-Spirit Saga
The future of Spirit Airlines continued to play out like a soap opera last week. JetBlue Airways improved its offer for the discounter on June 6 that prompted Spirit to delay a key vote a day later, and the week...
Read MoreJetBlue Ups Hostile Offer for Spirit Airlines to $3.4 Billion
JetBlue Airways has been spurned not once but twice by Spirit Airlines but it remains undeterred in its attempt to take over the largest U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier. The New York-based airline upped its offer Monday for Spirit to $31.50 per share...
Read MoreJetBlue Pushes Back Transatlantic Launch
Ethiopian Airlines will add its fourth destination in India, Chennai, this summer. The carrier will offer thrice-weekly flights from its Addis Ababa base with Boeing 737-8 aircraft from July 2. Chennai joins Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai in Ethiopian's Indian network.Turkish...
Read MoreSpirit Airlines Board Blasts JetBlue’s Bid as ‘Cynical’
In some of its most forceful comments yet, Spirit Airlines rejected JetBlue Airways' unsolicited merger offer, making clear that it believes the best outcome for shareholders is the already planned merger with Frontier Airlines. JetBlue's offer is "illusory" and unlikely...
Read MoreSpirit Airlines, JetBlue Fight Back Against United’s Newark Airport Congestion Claims
Spirit Airlines has a beef with United Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport. The discounter has long sought 16 peak-hour runway timings that have gone unused since Southwest Airlines left the airport in 2019, and it's not taking the major...
Read MoreJetBlue, Alaska Airlines Cut Flights as Summer Staffing Concerns Loom
JetBlue Airways is the latest airlines to pull back planned schedules as the combination of staffing issues and bad weather limit its ability to recover from operational disruptions. The New York-based carrier told staff on April 8 that it would...
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