Articles tagged “spirit airlines”

A new report from J.P. Morgan analyst Jamie Baker sees the likelihood of a merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines improving. The comments come days after JetBlue improved its…

Spirit Airlines shareholders have another 20 days to decide whether they support a merger with Frontier Airlines or prefer a hostile, but potentially more lucrative if it's approved by regulators,…

JetBlue Airways has raised its bid to takeover Spirit Airlines in the latest volley in an escalating proxy war with Frontier Airlines.

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This could get ugly. Spirit's board is coming out swinging against JetBlue's unsolicited merger offer and is urging shareholders to vote against it. Meanwhile, JetBlue claims Spirit's board is marred by conflicts of interest and is not looking out for shareholders by pushing the deal with Frontier.

The board at Spirit Airlines took little time in weighing in on JetBlue Airways' hostile takeover bid. The New York-based carrier's latest $30-per-share offer "is NOT in the best interests…

The flight attendant unions representing cabin crew members at Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Spirit Airlines are backing a merger of Frontier and Spirit, or at least opposing JetBlue's hostile…

JetBlue has commenced a hostile all-cash takeover bid for Spirit Airlines, according to reports, just days after the airline rejected an offer from it. JetBlue earlier offered $33 per share,…

United Airlines should look in the "proverbial mirror" when it comes to its allegations that poor operations at Newark Liberty International Airport are the the fault of smaller competitors, JetBlue…

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