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Clearly JetBlue doesn't have the right connections nor spend enough money on PACs supporting the re-election of politicians and judges.
 
No surprises there. When the AS/HA merger was announced, most of the experts said Jetblue would be blocked, but the AS/HA had a real chance due to limited overlap.

This does mean AS retains 5th place either way.
 
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It would've been really surprising if this got approved, but also it seems like anything goes in the US with M&A a lot of time lol.

Such a weird pairing through.
 

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