Author: Jasmine Floyd

The new hires will include pilots, flight attendants, aviation maintenance technicians and support center roles. Positions will be available across Spirit’s network.

New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp.’s (Nasdaq: JBLU) $3.8 billion deal to acquire Florida-based Spirit Airlines Inc. (NYSE: SAVE) is officially facing a lawsuit from the Department of Justice. The deal has raised concerns about ticket prices and optio…

While many shareholders support the JetBlue-Spirit combination, Spirit is facing shareholder backlash.

JetBlue’s plan is very different from Frontier’s. Here’s what we know.

Should it successfully acquire Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), Long Island City, New York-based JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) would become the fifth-largest airline in the United States.

Shareholders couldn’t be won over, making way for JetBlue’s deal.