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Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements. Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022. Shareholders, flight attendants union, literally everyone voted yes. The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%. For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%. Warren said no. She wrote letters. She pressured Buttigieg. Biden’s...

Spirit Airlines said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with losses, growing debt and a failed merger during the post-pandemic travel lull. The company said in a stock market statement that it had secured a prearranged deal with bondholders that includes $300 million in financing to keep it afloat, with the business planning to end its bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2025. Ticket sales and all other operations will continue as normal, the company said in the statement, which comes just 10 days before record numbers of travelers are expected to take to the...

Spirit Airlines has approached the Trump administration about an emergency bailout to keep the beleaguered discount carrier in business and avoid liquidation due to skyrocketing fuel prices, CBS News has learned. "Spirit is looking for a lifeline," a source familiar told CBS News. Some Spirit creditors have questioned the airline's ongoing viability and are concerned the airline will not be able to make an upcoming multimillion-dollar debt payment due to surging fuel prices, raising the possibility that the carrier could be forced into liquidation in the near future. Spirit executives and other low-cost carriers are expected to meet with Transportation...

The Trump administration is in advanced talks for a financing package for Spirit Airlines as the carrier is facing the risk of a liquidation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The iconic discounter Spirit has been challenged for years by rising costs, changing consumer tastes, an engine recall and a court-blocked plan to be acquired by JetBlue Airways two years ago. “Spirit Airlines would be on a much firmer financial footing had the Biden administration not recklessly blocked the airline’s merger with JetBlue,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to CNBC. “The Trump administration continues...

The Trump administration is in advanced discussions with budget carrier Spirit Airlines about a bailout, sources familiar with the negotiations told CBS News. The financing package could include a loan of up to $500 million, in exchange for warrants that would allow the federal government to take a potentially substantial ownership stake in the beleaguered airline, the sources said. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is one of the chief proponents pushing the Trump administration to take an ownership stake in the carrier, multiple sources told CBS News. The deal is not done and is subject to change, but could be finalized...

A JetBlue flight to New York was thrown into chaos after it reportedly smashed into a coyote while taking off from a Rhode Island airport Tuesday morning. A loud thud rattled the cabin of Flight 1129 after its landing gear struck the four-legged predator while roaring down the runway at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick around 6 a.m., according to JetBlue and a shaken passenger. “We heard a thud and then after the thud, we still took off,” passenger Erin Drozda told WPRI. “We were up in the air for 10-15 minutes, and then all of a sudden the...

Once again, the Biden Administration made a brilliant move. By disapproving the JetBlue/Spirit Airlines merger, consumers will suffer and jobs will be lost.Spirit met with creditors today to discuss the terms of a bankruptcy. If they go bankrupt (a virtual certainty now), the jobs at Spirit will be lost. Also, there will be less competition with one less airline out there; hence, airline ticket prices will go up.A merger was the only way Spirit could have survived. Thank you Biden Administration.

The jets collided on the tarmac while passengers were inside both aircraft.. One was headed to Las Vegas, while the other was on its way to Orlando.. The FAA confirmed that the collision occurred at 6.40am at the Boston airport ... Two JetBlue airplanes collided on the tarmac at Boston's Logan Airport on Thursday. The jets collided while a fleet full of passengers were inside both aircraft. One plane was left with damage to its wing, while the other aircraft’s tail section was wrecked. Debris was scattered on the runway and both jets were taken out of service. The incident...

A JetBlue flight landing at Logan International Airport in Boston nearly smashed into a private jet which took off without permission, the National Transportation Safety Board has revealed. The incident, on February 27, was captured in a chilling photograph from the JetBlue flight's cockpit which shows the LearJet aircraft obstructing the runway as it came into land. Only the quick-thinking of the JetBlue Flight 206 pilot prevented a collision, investigators said. The pilot performed a 'climb-out maneuver' to narrowly avoid the other aircraft. The LearJet's 63-year-old captain - flying for Hop-A-Jet, a Florida-based private charter company - had been told...

The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday, 07 March 2023 that it had filed a lawsuit seeking to block JetBlue Airways' $3.8-billion purchase of Spirit Airlines. In a 43-page document, the DOJ alleged the merger would reduce competition among U.S. domestic air-carriers and drive up consumer air-fares. Specifically, the department argued the deal would adversely impact low-income and cost-conscious travelers who depend on budget airlines—like Spirit—to provide bargain air-fares. In their complaint, DOJ lawyers wrote: "If the acquisition is approved, JetBlue plans to abandon Spirit’s business model, remove seats from Spirit’s planes, and charge Spirit’s customers higher prices....

Two men kicked off plane from Flint airport after one referenced male anatomy A man and his father in law were booted from a flight from Flint Bishop Airport for saying the word 'penis' while on board. Jayson Bauer, one of the two kicked off, said they're still trying to get their money back from Allegiant Airlines. DETROIT (FOX 2) - A man said he and another relative were kicked off a flight heading out of Flint Bishop Airport after he said the word ‘penis’ while onboard. Jayson Bauer said he and his father-in-law were flying down to Florida to...

Some JetBlue pilots are outraged after the airline hired a violent felon to fly planes even as it refuses to hire people who haven’t taken the COVID vaccine, citing safety. Two pilots told The Daily Wire that JetBlue has hired John Perrys, who served nine years in prison for breaking into the home of a judge and attacking his daughter as she left the shower. Perrys was released from prison in 2014 and is on felony probation until 2044, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. “Apparently JetBlue won’t hire unvaccinated pilots, but they will hire violent convicted felons to...

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Boca Raton resident David Schnegelberger is facing a DUI charge after he allegedly gave a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper his Jetblue Mastercard when the Trooper asked for his license. Schnegelberger, according to a witness, had just crashed his vehicle into the median on the Congress Avenue off-ramp from I-95. The following excerpts from the arrest report explain what FHP claims took place: On 9/11/2022 at approximately 2:42PM I was dispatched to a reported single vehicle collision in the area of the Interstate 95 southbound exit ramp to Congress Avenue....

<p>Mike Tyson appeared to attack a fellow passenger on a Wednesday night flight, according to footage released Thursday by TMZ.</p><p>Tyson, who had boarded a Florida-bound plane from San Francisco, is said to have engaged with his fellow passenger prior to the incident, a witness told the gossip site, with the former heavyweight even posing for a selfie.</p>

Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared in footage captured in the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York cursing at a JetBlue Airways employee over a delayed flight. “What you’re gonna do … It’s three hours late,” O’Reilly said to the JetBlue employee in the video obtained by The Daily Mail and published Tuesday.

A man was reportedly booted from a JetBlue flight for wearing a “Let’s Go Brandon” mask. Video posted on social media shows the man changing the mask, but he was still ordered off the flight. Criticizing the Biden Administration is a big no-no on some domestic air carriers. Although, it’s possible the man’s name is Brandon — and the mask could be a sign of self-affirmation

How about this one @libsoftiktok?@JetBlue passenger removed from FLL to CLE flight for wearing a “Let’s go Brandon” mask.#LetsGoBrandon #LGB #FJB pic.twitter.com/4uxmjyGwhM — Timmy Marrinanbibi (bro/bruh) (@TDMarrinan) March 8, 2022 They asked him to take it off and put on another mask. He complied and was kicked off anyway.

A JetBlue pilot is out of a job and in huge trouble after he was pulled from the cockpit for being drunk. This all unfolded Wednesday morning at the Buffalo Airport, just before takeoff, with a plane full of passengers. Pilot James Clifton, 52, was in the cockpit, getting ready to fly 133 passengers from Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale around 6:15 a.m. when NFTA officers pulled him from the plane. TSA agents suspected something was off about Clifton when he was checking his gun through security just minutes earlier. “There was some questions and some suspicion. That’s when we became...

A JetBlue pilot was removed from the cockpit of a Fort Lauderdale-bound flight by police at Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York on Wednesday after registering a blood-alcohol level of 0.17%, more than four times the Federal Aviation Administration's limit of 0.04%. The pilot was passing through airport security when a Transportation Security Administration officer noticed he was acting drunk, The Buffalo News reported. The officer notified Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police, who administered a breathalyzer test. He was taken into custody before being released to JetBlue security personnel. The pilot has been identified as James Clifton, 52, of...

Hero flight attendants fought off an enraged passenger who attempted to storm the cockpit of a JetBlue flight out of Boston this week — at one point being heard saying “Allah” — in a brutal clash that has once again raised questions about airline safety. That passenger on JetBlue Flight 261 heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday night “had to be physically restrained by flight crew members … during the passenger’s attempt to gain access to the flight deck,” an FBI agent states in his affidavit. The suspect, Khalil El Dahr, “became angry” after a phone call he tried...