Last week JetBlue was undecided whether to appeal the current Judges decision. As of now as the initial judge recently blocked the merger.

This week JetBlue decided to try and get that decision overturned. Today both airlines asked the US appeals court to hear the arguments to overturn the original blocked merger. The 3.8-billion-dollar deal which is far less than the Alaska Airlines merge price tag on Hawaiian Airlines.  This merger for JetBlue and Spirit will be heard later than the airlines really wanted. June 2024 is when the US appeals Court will hear from the airlines why it should be overturned.

Already this afternoon it’s not favored to go over well and convincing arguments are suggested from the airlines in order to even have any positive procedure to an agreement,

In our opinion the airlines should consider going on with their business as if the merger would not happen. Considering certain difficulties and challenges with each airline they should make plans to trim down.

Already last month JetBlue Airways made an announcement dropping some routes which are not the best decisions. One market to pull out of is Baltimore and another the cutbacks at Austin from years before are markets ripe for future business not cutbacks. Other markets or ways can help on a trim down other than taking away from markets where others are succeeding.

Spirit airlines in January flew its final flight out of Denver International Airport for which has so much potential and growth. Yet Spirit airlines decided to pull out of Denver.

Overall, it’s time to get back to business and consider the possibility that a merger may not happen come June with the appeal unless persuasive arguments can be made to reverse the blocked merger deal.

Editorial Fire and Aviation TV February 2, 2024