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The US Justice Department is suing to stop JetBlue’s proposed $3.8 billion deal to buy discount carrier Spirit Airlines, the first time in more than 20 years that the government has sought to block a US airline merger. The lawsuit is not a surprise. The Biden administration has argued since taking office there needs to be greater competition between businesses, especially in the airline industry, to lower costs for consumers.

But over the last 22 years, the Justice Department has allowed a series of five airline mergers without a suit like the one announced Tuesday. Those deals turned nine major US carriers into four - American Airlines, United, Delta and Southwest. Between them, the airlines control about 80% of the nation’s air traffic. JetBlue has vowed to press ahead with its merger efforts and hopes to defeat the lawsuit in time to still close its deal with Spirit by the end of the year.

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They should block it it’s creating a monopoly and giving fewer decent choices for the American travelers Savelegeacycarriers

inecnigeria you guys are gradually destroying our country by your selfish interests,those guys you are favoring now won’t be around in the next 30 years to see the damage cursed by you all but the next generations and your children might be the victims of your evil deeds.

Really, now they care. They should have blocked the mergers of Delta and Northwest, American and US airways, and United and Contentental.

Y do government keep blocking merger’s

They should cap flights at $10.

But why? Who cares if it’s a monopoly - better to have one bad airline than two! Actually they’re all looking bad these days….travel is just not fun anymore

No merge ! There is little enough competition already !

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If they're both providing the same bad service then one of them is unnecessary.

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One shitbox airline buying another shitbox airline… Refuse to fly on either.

We seem to have more than a few airlines serving us and every couple of years a new one sprouts up…. Competition?

I had explosive diarrhea on a Spirit airlines flight and the entire cabin filled with the stench of rancid dung.

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Given no one with half an ounce of intelligence flies SpiritAirlines more than once this would seem a sensible thing to allow.

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Our DOJ is politicized.

I mean, if jetblue wants to get worse, i really dont see the problem.

Nooooooooooo.... please let them buy it. Spirit is an AWEFUL airline. lol

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