JetBlue Is ‘Confident’ About Overcoming Dual Antitrust Reviews
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JetBlue Airways Corp.’s chief executive officer is confident his company’s proposed purchase of Spirit Airlines Inc. will pass muster with U.S. regulators and suggested it may help overcome their legal challenge to an alliance with American Airlines Group Inc.
“We think these deals are very complementary,” JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said in an interview Tuesday, hours after the Spirit bid was disclosed. “We’re confident when you look at what we’re trying to do here, build a bigger brand to compete with the legacy airlines to bring more low fares to more customers, we’re going to have a very compelling argument.”