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JetBlue, Spirit urge US appeals court to allow merger to go forward

FILE PHOTO: Illustration shows Spirit Airlines and jetBlue Airways logos
April 26, 2024
Reuters - Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines on Monday urged a U.S. appeals court to overturn a judge's ruling that blocked their $3.8 billion merger at the U.S. Department of Justice's request.

The airlines in a brief told the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the judge wrongly barred their merger despite recognizing it would "improve competition, and thus reduce prices, for the vast majority of consumers."

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Chris Reese)

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