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by volkl48 889 days ago
They are the 6th and 7th largest airlines in the country. They are small only relative to the 4 largest.

The best argument I see for allowing the merger is that Spirit has been consistently losing money since the pandemic and may no longer have a viable business model. If they're destined for shutting down in the long run anyway, then you may as well let them attempt to merge, that'll probably lead to less of their market share winding up with the 4 biggest than them simply closing up shop will.