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Coverage dated April 4, 2022 to April 7, 2022

Spirit Airlines will talk to JetBlue about takeover bid

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again. Spirit said late Thursday that it will talk to JetBlue about JetBlue’s $3.6 billion bid to buy Spirit and combine the two airlines.

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  1. Sioux City Journal

    JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, could spark bid war (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    JetBlue Airways has offered to buy Spirit Airlines for about $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with rival budget carrier Frontier Airlines.

  2. Insider

    JetBlue just announced a bid to buy Spirit for $3.6 billion, edging out Frontier's $2.9 billion offer (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Frontier and Spirit announced a groundbreaking merge worth $6.6 billion in February, but JetBlue is looking to make its own deal.

  3. Forbes

    JetBlue Offers To Buy Spirit Airlines For $3.6 Billion—Throwing Planned Spirit-Frontier Merger In Doubt (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Spirit's stock soared more than 28% following the news.

  4. CBS News

    JetBlue makes bid for Spirit Airlines, potentially sparking bidding war (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    JetBlue offered about 40% more than what Frontier Airlines was planning to pay for Spirit under a previously announced merger.

  5. New York Times

    JetBlue bids for Spirit Airlines, potentially spoiling Spirit’s merger with Frontier. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    JetBlue’s offer is worth more than Frontier’s, but the combination of Spirit and JetBlue is less of a clear fit, industry analysts say.

  6. Boston

    JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, rivaling Frontier offer (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    JetBlue Airways has offered to buy Spirit Airlines for about $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines.

  7. FOX Business

    JetBlue offers to buy Spirit Airlines for about $3.6 billion cash (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    JetBlue Airways offered to buy Spirit Airlines for roughly $3.6 billion in cash, the budget airline announced on Tuesday afternoon.

  8. 12News Now Beaumont

    JetBlue's offer for Spirit Airlines could spark bidding war with Frontier (opens 12News Now Beaumont)

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    12News Now Beaumont's feed description

    A Frontier-Spirit combination would give western-based Frontier a larger U.S. footprint. A JetBlue merger with Spirit would mean more East Coast overlap.

  9. Los Angeles Times

    JetBlue makes offer for Spirit Airlines, could spark bidding war (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier.

  10. Digital Journal

    JetBlue seeks to buy Spirit Airways, threatening Frontier deal (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    JetBlue Airways announced Tuesday a bid to acquire Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion.

  11. Delaware Public Media

    JetBlue makes bid to buy Spirit Airlines (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Spirit had already agreed to a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, but JetBlue is offering more money.

  12. Washington Post

    JetBlue makes $3.6 billion bid for Spirit Airlines (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    The bid introduces a new factor into an ongoing merger effort involving Spirit and Frontier.

  13. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    JetBlue Makes $3.6B All-Cash Offer for Spirit Airlines (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    JetBlue’s bid comes less than two months after Spirit and Frontier agreed to merge into a discount airline behemoth.

  14. Insider

    JetBlue would scrap the Spirit brand if it buys the airline and leave Frontier as the only large ultra low-cost carrier in the US (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Wall Street analysts call JetBlue's bid a "headscratcher," though some say the move would make Frontier the US' only large low-cost carrier.

  15. KTVZ Bend

    JetBlue makes offer for Spirit in attempt to derail deal with Frontier (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Chris Isidore, CNN Business JetBlue Tuesday made an unsolicited $3.6 billion offer for low-fare rival Spirit Airlines in an attempt to derail a proposed deal between Spirit and Frontier Airlines. JetBlue’s cash offer is about 33% more than the value of Frontier’s stock-and-cash offer for Spirit.

  16. KVIA El Paso

    Spirit Airlines will talk to JetBlue about takeover bid (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The fight for Spirit Airlines is heating up again. Spirit said late Thursday that it will talk to JetBlue about JetBlue’s $3.6 billion bid to buy Spirit and combine the two airlines.

  17. FOX Business

    Spirit Airlines to start talks with JetBlue on its $3.6 billion bid (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Spirit Airlines would start talks with JetBlue Airways Corp on its $3.6-billion offer, the budget carrier said late on Thursday as it could likely lead to a "superior proposal" to the one from Frontier Group Holdings.

  18. New Hampshire Union Leader

    After $3.6 billion offer, Spirit Airlines agrees to negotiate with JetBlue (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    A new takeover offer for Spirit Airlines by JetBlue Airways of New York is now viewed as attractive enough for the South Florida-based carrier to enter into negotiations aimed at

  19. New Hampshire Union Leader

    After $3.6 billion offer, Spirit Airlines agrees to negotiate with JetBlue (copy) (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    A new takeover offer for Spirit Airlines by JetBlue Airways of New York is now viewed as attractive enough for the South Florida-based carrier to enter into negotiations aimed at

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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