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Court blocks JetBlue's proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines

The district court blocked JetBlue's proposed acquisition of Spirit after a DOJ and state challenge under Section 7 of the Clayton Act.

Records a merger decision involving an ultra-low-cost rival. The current airline-share table remains a separate BTS market observation with its own definition and vintage.

Official recordCourt blocks JetBlue's proposed acquisition of Spirit AirlinesDecision / U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts / 1 market

  • Record identityevt-airlines-jetblue-spirit-decision-2024Jan 16, 2024
  • Official scopeDecisionU.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • Market scope1 linked contextSeparately bounded profiles
  • Permitted inferenceChronology + contextNo automatic causal claim

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HHI unavailableDomestic airlines

United States / Transportation

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1 profile handoff

United States / Transportation

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Domestic airlines

Domestic scheduled airline passenger market share based on BTS TranStats for the 12 months ending February 2026. The profile withholds HHI because the public table includes an aggregated Other category.

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Source ID doj-jetblue-spirit-ruling-2024

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1 related by market link

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JetBlue-Spirit acquisition challenge

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Event ID
evt-airlines-jetblue-spirit-decision-2024
Profile slug
airlines-jetblue-spirit-decision-2024
Docket
1:23-cv-10511
License
CC BY 4.0

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