[eganist]

If this is true, then this is probably a great ruling for JetBlue; they can buy up the scraps at bankruptcy if Spirit liquidates.

[personjerry]

Why would they have offered to buy them in the first place then?

[hamburga]

They didn’t want to wait.

[kingkake]

Frontier made an offer for Spirit.

[rezonant]

This. As best I understand, JetBlue is interested in the airport slots that Spirit currently holds across the country, because those are pretty much entirely locked up. To become a major national airline (which seems to JetBlue's goal specifically), you need these slots.