Frontier: JetBlue ha e u bolelle 'nete

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., k'hamphani ea motsoali ea Frontier Airlines, Inc., kajeno e fane ka polelo e latelang mabapi le kopano e reriloeng ea Frontier le Spirit.

Libekeng tse 'maloa tse fetileng, JetBlue e phatlalalitse hore tsamaiso ea Moea e ipatile ka mor'a "lits'oants'o tsa bohata" le "tse khelosang" tse khahlanong le ts'epo e le hore li hane JetBlue tokelo ea ho nka sebaka-le ho felisa ho ba teng-mojaki o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa naha ea theko e tlaase.

JetBlue ha e u bolelle 'nete. A moea ho fumana ka JetBlue ho ne ho tla lebisa qetellong—’nete ea hore ha ho tekanyo ea chelete, bohlasoa, kapa tsela e fosahetseng e tla fetoha. 'Me boleng bo le bong feela boo beng ba lichelete ba Moea ba ka bo fumanang ho tsoa tlhahiso ea JetBlue ke tefiso ea ho khutlisa, hobane tlhahiso ea JetBlue ha e na monyetla oa ho fumana tumello ea taolo.

JetBlue e ile ea lumela hore e tla tlosa ka ho sa feleng matla 'marakeng ka ho khutlisetsa likepe tsa Spirit ho tlosa litulo. Bo-rakhoebo ba li-antitrust ba bitsa seo "thibelo ea lihlahisoa," 'me e bolaea tlhahiso ea JetBlue. Ho joalo le ka keketseho ea theko e lumelletsoeng ea JetBlue. Bophahamo bo fokolang ba lifofane bo bolela litefiso tse holimo. Motsamaisi oa JetBlue, Robin Hayes, ka sebele o tseba seo. O ile a hlokomela matsatsing a 'maloa a fetileng, "Karolelano ea theko ea lipalangoang e tla nyoloha hobane ho na le [sic] litulo tse fokolang.” Ke sona seo JetBlue e neng e tla se etsa ka likepe tsa Moea. Ehlile, ha e phatlalatsa kopo ea eona ka la 6 Mmesa, JetBlue e boletse hore theko e tla ba teng. nyollelo phaello ea eona, ho sa tsotellehe litšenyehelo tse phahameng.

Lintlha tsena-li lumetse litheko tse phahameng le tlhahiso e tlase-tiisetso ea hore JetBlue e ke ke ea fumana tumello bakeng sa tlhahiso ea eona ea ho fumana Moea. Ha ho na "divestitures" tse boleloang tsa libaka tsa boema-fofane kapa liheke, kapa lipolelo kapa maqiti a bohata, a ka lokisang mathata a bolaeang a JetBlue.

Mme tsena ha se mathata a taolo a JetBlue feela. Mabaka a anticompetitive bakeng sa kopo ea ona a hlakile. JetBlue e bile e e lumela, e re ho eona 2021 10-K hore selekane sa Frontier / Spirit ke tšokelo ho "tlholisano" ea JetBlue - le mohlala oa kopano "e ka etsang hore litefiso tsa bahlolisani ba rona li fokotsehe." Hamorao Monghali Hayes o ile a lumela hore "nako" ea kopo ea JetBlue "e ne e hlile e khannoa ke phatlalatso" ea kopano e reriloeng ea ULCC.

Joale ho na le nyeoe e ntseng e emetse ea Lefapha la Toka la United States khahlanong le JetBlue ho thibela Selekane sa eona sa Leboea-bochabela le American Airlines. Ho sa tsotellehe ho tiisetsa motho e mong le e mong-ho akarelletsa le ba nang le kabelo ea Moea-hore ts'ebetso e tla jala tšōmo, e bitsoang "JetBlue Effect," Monghali Hayes o kile a lumela lebaka la DOJ la ho tlisa nyeoe ea NEA: "DOJ e lumela hore tšusumetso ea Amerika e tla felisa batho ba Amerika. "JetBlue Effect." Ka hona, DOJ e se e hanyetsa likhang tsa JetBlue bakeng sa transaction. 'Me, ho fapana le polelo ea Monghali Hayes ea hore nyeoe ea NEA e tla rarolloa haufinyane-'me kahoo e ke ke ea e-ba le phello leha e le efe ea ho fumana JetBlue / Spirit-ka sebele e tla nka. lilemo tse ho rarolla nyeoe ea NEA, ka nyeoe le boipiletso bohle bo ke keng ba qojoa. Ha beng ba Spirit ba emetse eng, hantle-ntle? Tefiso ea ho arohana, lilemo hamorao, ka ntle ho tefiso ea bohata ea JetBlue?

Ka libeke, JetBlue e ntse e tlatsa maqhubu a moea ka lerata. E arolelane letoto le makatsang la liqoso tse thetsang, kaofela ha eona e iphapanyetsa mathata a totobetseng le a bolaeang a ho se tšepahale. Ehlile, maobane maobane, JetBlue e boletse hore "litsebi tsa kantle li lumellana hore, kahare ho tsamaiso ea hajoale, khoebo ea rona e na le monyetla o ts'oanang le oa Frontier oa ho fumana tumello."⁴ JetBlue ha e kenyelle mohloli, ha e le hantle-kahoo "litsebi tsa ka ntle" li bonahala li bua ka tsona? Ke 'muelli oa molao oa antitrust ea hiriloeng ke JetBlue.

JetBlue e batla hore u nahane hore Frontier le JetBlue li tlisa litlaleho tsa kotsi tsa antitrust tse fapaneng feela ka tekanyo, eseng ka mofuta. Empa ho ne ho se letho le fetang 'nete. JetBlue ea ho fumana Moea e ne e ke ke ea atleha.

Kopano ea Frontier / Spirit e fapane ka ho feletseng. Ts'ebetso ea rona e tla eketsa tlhahiso le ho fokotsa litheko ka ho tlisa litefiso tse tlase haholo litseleng tse ngata ka tlholisano le lifofane tse kholoanyane, tse holimo, tse holimo. Moeli o kopantsoeng oa Moeli le Moea o tla susumetsa tlhokahalo ka ho susumelletsa batho ho fofa ha litefiso tse phahameng tse fanoang ke JetBlue le Big Four li ne li tla li reka ka ntle ho 'maraka.