No. Spirit airlines shut down because the Iran war sent jet fuel prices through the roof. This is not about an antitrust decision from two or three years ago. But I'll also say, you know, If Spirit and JetBlue had merged, it's very possible that that would have taken down two airlines instead of one. We took action to protect consumers, and we found that that proposed merger violated the law, which is what a judge found as well. (11:03–11:12)
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