JetBlue/Spirit: Buyer’s Entry into Market Doesn’t Lower Fares as Much as ULCCs Do, Frontier CEO Says

Published on Nov 14, 2023

The antitrust trial on DOJ’s suit to block JetBlue Airways (JBLU) $3.8 billion bid for Spirit Airlines (SAVE) entered its third week with Frontier Airlines (ULCC) CEO Barry Biffle asserting today that the “JetBlue Effect” tends not to “drop the fare as much” as ultra-low cost carriers (ULCCs) do when they enter a geographic market. […]

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