Big Five Airline? How a Merged JetBlue-Spirit Could Compete | WSJ
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Publicado 2022-08-22
WSJ’s Alison Sider and a former JetBlue executive explain how the combined airline could compete.
Photo Illustration: Adele Morgan
0:00 Major airlines
1:01 Pilots
2:30 Fleet of planes
3:31 Available seat miles
4:29 Destinations
5:52 What’s next?
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Spirit should sell their old seats to the Department of Defense and Homeland Security as "enhanced interrogation" devices.
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I really hope this doesn't screw with JetBlue's service quality. They are the best I've flown. And I've flown on all mentioned airlines.
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Dont let the article fool you.. it's not about people or planes .. this purchase is simply for JETBLUE to obtain gate space and landing slots and travel lanes.. the major destinations are full up and .. it's the simplest way to get your foot in the door.
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Personally love JetBlue; I find they treat everyone equally with the amenities ranging from TVs for every seat, to better more modern/comfortable seating, as well as a wide range of food. As a New Yorker I’m also supportive since the company is from here.
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Jet blue could only improve spirit. I am pretty sure not much could make spirit worse.
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If JetBlue can increase seat quality and flight experience while keeping Spirit prices, this can be a great thing. Reminds me of TMobile's acquisition for MetroPCS... they grandfathered in all the plans but network speed and quality drastically improved switching from Metro's CDMA network to TMo's GSM 4G/5G networks.
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Everyone knows Spirit is garbage and JetBlue is pretty good. I imagine mostly good things will come of this, and although I flew Spirit once and would never do it again, I will try JetBlue after the merger.
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Interesting take with “big four”, always thought it was big “three” with AA, United and Delta. Southwest is a middle ground between mainline and budget carriers
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It’s actually good to see that there is decent competition with in the air line industry.
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When I moved to the US there were Continental, Northwest, AirTran, US Airways and Virgin America. Wonder how many would be left when I move away.
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I’ve flown Spirit several times. No frills and you actually get to your destination in the same time as other planes.
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Sell a $19 ticket, you get a $19 passenger
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If you want more pilots, how about investing more on institutions with piloting programs? 🧐
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Spirit has a true no nonsense approach. It works well for short distance. Plus their safety record is great
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This is an issue of survival for JetBlue. Open slots at major airports is limited, so organic growth is hard. In the end, it is a story of eat or get eaten. It will be interesting to see how wages, for employees and the polar opposite cultures of these two airlines unravel.
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I love JetBlue. The free snacks, clean bathrooms, free wifi, games on the tv screens. Lots of fun
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This is very interesting. Loved the content. Thank you.
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I’m still disappointed that JetBlue failed to buy Virgin America 6 years ago. I think JetBlue would have appeased Virgin America fans more than Alaska (keeping great service, the safety video, etc).
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Adding destination will not give you the actual total unless there are no any destination served by both airlines at present.
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Awesome video. JetBlue is my favorite airline, would love to see them have a bigger footprint
