Spirit Airlines has shut down, and the collapse exposes the fantasy that blocking its merger with JetBlue somehow protected consumers. Even so, we can’t pin down Spirit’s demise on one federal judge either.
When U.S. District Judge William Young struck down the merger, he accepted the argument that preserving Spirit as an independent carrier was necessary to protect competition, especially for price-sensitive travelers.
Today, Spirit is shutting down anyway.
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