Since Spirit is gone, 17,000 people have lost their jobs. In retrospect, was blocking that merger a mistake? No. Spirit. 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. (00:25–00:31)
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Asserts that the Iran war caused jet fuel prices to rise, leading to Spirit Airlines' shutdown.
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