JetBlue leaving 5 cities as it cuts unprofitable routes
Budget airline JetBlue is eliminating five cities from its routes and cutting flights as it looks to refocus on higher-performing markets while it deals with an aircraft shortage.
JetBlue, Spirit agree to terminate merger over regulatory issues
JetBlue and Spirit agreed to terminate their merger agreement after facing regulatory hurdles. The airlines issued a joint statement saying that the decision "is the best path forward."
JetBlue shares spike after Carl Icahn takes 10% stake
Activist investor Carl Icahn grabbed a stake of JetBlue Airways just after a judge sided with the Justice Department saying the proposed merger with Spirit was anticompetitive.
Spirit Airlines uncertainty has some pilots dusting off their resumes
Some pilots at Spirit Airlines are looking for new job opportunities after the Department of Justice blocked the budget carrier's proposed merger with JetBlue Airways last month.
Spirit Airlines explores restructuring options following JetBlue deal collapse
Spirit Airlines is looking at ways to deal with its financial challenges, including $1.1B in debt, after a federal judge blocked the merger deal between it and JetBlue Airways
Judge blocks $3.8B JetBlue-Spirit merger, cites 'anticompetitive harm'
A federal district court on Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of budget carrier Spirit Airlines after the judge found the merger would hurt competition.
Spirit Airlines fires employee found responsible for putting boy, 6, on wrong plane to visit grandma
Spirit Airlines said it had fired a gate agent who was found in an internal investigation to have put a 6-year-old unaccompanied minor on the wrong plane last week.
6-year-old flying alone ends up on wrong Spirit Airlines flight
A 6-year-old boy traveling alone for his first time over the holiday season somehow ended up in Orlando rather than Fort Myers, Florida.
Winter weather will be travel 'challenge,' Buttigieg warns
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says "Winter weather will be a challenge" as airports and airlines are preparing for a busy year-end travel season.
Spirit Airlines partners with Liberty University flight school, looks to address pilot shortage
Liberty University is partnering with Spirit Airlines in a pipeline program to land aeronautics graduates jobs as pilots amid a national shortage.