The lawsuit alleges the merger would especially hurt cost-conscious customers traveling in the eastern U.S. and to destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America — the areas where the two airlines currently compete.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, accompanied by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left, speaks during a news conference, March 7, in Washington.
Attorney General Merrick Garland held a news conference to announce the antitrust lawsuit — a sign of the importance that the administration places on stopping further consolidation in the airline industry. The lawsuit stressed that the deal would mean the end of the nation's biggest “ultra-low-cost carrier." Those are airlines that generally provide the cheapest fares but also tend to charge more fees.Customers traveling in the eastern U.S. and to the Caribbean and Latin America will be especially affected, the lawsuit alleges, since those are the areas over which the two airlines currently compete.
JetBlue and Florida-based Spirit have anticipated a legal challenge for weeks. The Justice Department had previously requested additional documents and depositions about JetBlue's proposal to buy Spirit, the nation’s biggest budget airline. Negotiations over a possible settlement failed.
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