JetBlue to purchase Spirit Airlines

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JetBlue has announced it will be purchasing Spirit Airlines, the day after backing out of a deal to merge with Frontier.

This purchase would create the USA's fifth-largest airline.

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JetBlue announces a deal to buy Spirit Airlines. Fares could surge

JetBlue Airways on Thursday announced it would purchase Spirit Airlines, a combination that would create America's fifth-largest airline.
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Not totally clear, but the backed out deal was Spirit buying Frontier.

Reading a few articles this JetBlue-Spirit deal has some competition issues and might impact the JetBlue -AA East Coast partnership
 
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