This is a bad ruling, Spirit is likely to go under without acquisition. Neither firm had particularly large share of market.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Probably the people who work there, and their families.
Sure but is that a reason to allow two competing airlines to merge? Alot of AntiTrust is trying to look at big picture that says in long run, these mergers tend to end up much worse for the consumer and generally the employees since it takes away bargain power.
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#24If Alaska acquires Hawaiian then this would have to be decided ultimately by SCOTUS right? I would think these two cases are too similar and there needs to be some fairness and consistency in the rulings.
I'm probably oversimplifying, but Alaska + Hawaiian creates a larger regional competitor to e.g American, United, and Southwest on a more local scale where most of their routes are complimentary (the two weren't substantially competing; Alaska offers a handful of CONUS to Hawaii routes, whereas Hawaiian offers CONUS as well as international routes to/from Hawaii), whereas JetBlue acquiring Spirit consolidates nationw…
On a side note, I find it interesting that JetBlue is considered "low cost" but has the absolute best domestic business class by a long shot.
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#25Bummer to read spirit might go under .. as a lite traveler ..stuff my clothes/belongings in a book bag ..spirit is very inexpensive and after ten or more good/fine flights in 2023 their my go to airline. None of my flights with them were any different than paying more to fly with the other more expensive airlines. My worst was a delta flight as they didn't clean the bathroom and it stink up the mid section of the plane and I paid double with delta vs. spirit.
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#27If Alaska acquires Hawaiian then this would have to be decided ultimately by SCOTUS right? I would think these two cases are too similar and there needs to be some fairness and consistency in the rulings.
No — the Supreme Court will often review circuit splits in law, but these are splits in facts
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably the people who work there, and their families.
Sure but is that a reason to allow two competing airlines to merge? Alot of AntiTrust is trying to look at big picture that says in long run, these mergers tend to end up much worse for the consumer and generally the employees since it takes away bargain power.
I'm not saying it is or is not a good reason, only that these people probably care about the decision either way.
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#30Bummer to read spirit might go under .. as a lite traveler ..stuff my clothes/belongings in a book bag ..spirit is very inexpensive and after ten or more good/fine flights in 2023 their my go to airline. None of my flights with them were any different than paying more to fly with the other more expensive airlines. My worst was a delta flight as they didn't clean the bathroom and it stink up the mid section of the pla…
Ironically I think Spirit’s big front seats are the best value in the sky in terms of price and comfort, and they’re usually available if you book early enough.