AXIOS (Dan Primack) - Spirit Airlines blame game is going strong
Spirit Airlines is dead , but the finger-pointing is very much alive. - Trump administration officials spent the weekend blaming former President Biden, whose Justice Department successfully blocked JetBlue from buying Spirit for $3.8 billion. - Spirit told the White House to look in the mirror, saying its insolvency was sparked by an Iran war that's caused jet fuel prices to spike. Why it matters: Around 17,000 people just lost their jobs, and thousands of passengers found themselves stranded. - It's also hard to guard against a future airline failure without a consensus diagnosis for the current one. Zoom in: Trump and Spirit both have legitimate arguments. It's just that they aren't mutually exclusive. - Yes, DOJ's antitrust…
Spirit Airlines is dead , but the finger-pointing is very much alive. - Trump administration officials spent the weekend blaming former President Biden, whose Justice Department successfully blocked JetBlue from buying Spirit for $3.8 billion. - Spirit told the White House to look in the mirror, saying its insolvency was sparked by an Iran war that's caused jet fuel prices to spike. Why it matters: Around 17,000 people just lost their jobs, and thousands of passengers found themselves stranded. - It's also hard to guard against a future airline failure without a consensus diagnosis for the current one. Zoom in: Trump and Spirit both have legitimate arguments. It's just that they aren't mutually exclusive. - Yes, DOJ's antitrust…Open