នាយកប្រតិបត្តិ JetBlue និយាយថា Feds នឹងប្តឹងក្រុមហ៊ុនអាកាសចរណ៍លើការច្របាច់បញ្ចូលគ្នា $3.8 ពាន់លានដុល្លាររបស់ខ្លួនជាមួយនឹងស្មារតីនៅសប្តាហ៍នេះ

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The U.S. federal government is poised to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines, according to ជាច្រើន របាយការណ៍ Monday, sending both companies’ stocks swinging and preventing what would be the country’s ធំជាងគេទី ៥ airline as Spirit’s បិសាចរញ៉េរញ៉ៃ to find a strategic partner drags on.

ការពិតសំខាន់

The Justice Department could file an antitrust lawsuit against the transaction as soon as Tuesday, Bloomberg រាយការណ៍, citing sources familiar with the legal proceedings.

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes confirmed his company believes a lawsuit is coming, ប្រាប់ នៃ កាសែត Wall Street Journal he expects the companies to “get sued by the DOJ this week” and that prosecutors have their “minds made up” about the merger.

JetBlue now hopes to close the acquisition early next year, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

The Transportation Department is simultaneously planning to prevent the transfer of Spirit’s airline license to JetBlue, នេះបើយោងតាម to Bloomberg, which would effectively sound the death knell for the transaction.

Shares of Spirit sank as much as 8% following the report, while JetBlue jumped 2%.

The federal agencies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

សាវតាសំខាន់

Spirit shareholders បានអនុម័ត the merger with JetBlue last October valuing Spirit shares at $33.50, a nearly 50% premium from its Monday price. That agreement បានមក។ just eight months after Spirit initially agreed to merge with fellow discount airline Frontier, later muddied by JetBlue’s hostile takeover bid បានចាប់ផ្តើម ឧសភាចុងក្រោយ។ Politico រាយការណ៍ last month that the Department of Justice planned to file an antitrust lawsuit against JetBlue and Spirit. JetBlue has pushed back on claims of anticompetitive behavior, releasing a អនុស្សរណៈ Monday that argued a JetBlue-Spirit merger would make the newly combined airline more competitive with the four biggest U.S. airlines—Delta, American, United and Southwest.

ហេតុការណ៍គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល

JetBlue and Spirit មាន the 33rd and 36th largest airlines in the world by market capitalization, respectively, despite being ក្នុងចំណោម the most popular U.S. airlines. That’s largely due to each companies’ slumping bottom lines compared to competitors, with JetBlue’s $72 million profit and Spirit’s $12.6 million in profit in the most recent quarter comparing unfavorably to industry leader Delta’s $828 million profit.

អានបន្ថែម

JetBlue Sweetens Its Bid—But Spirit Airlines Says It Still Prefers Its Other Suitor (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

JetBlue And Spirit Take Their Bickering To Shareholders (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

JetBlue Goes Hostile In Takeover Bid Of Spirit Airlines (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)