JetBlue drops $3.8 billion deal to buy Spirit Airlines
JetBlue abandoned its proposed acquisition of Spirit only weeks after a federal judge ruled the deal would harm competition.
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JetBlue abandoned its proposed acquisition of Spirit only weeks after a federal judge ruled the deal would harm competition.
Two JetBlue planes hit each other on the ground at Logan Airport in Boston early Thursday morning.
Spirit's stock price has plunged more than 60% since a federal judge scuttled its $3.8 billion deal JetBlue.
Federal judge rules that JetBlue's $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit would limit options for travelers by reducing the number of discount carriers.
Newly-released footage shows a JetBlue plane scraping its tail during an emergency takeoff last year to avoid a head-on collision with another plane at an airport in Hayden, Colorado.
The JetBlue captain pointed the nose of his jet up more quickly than normal "due to his surprise about encountering head on landing traffic," the NTSB said.
Stormy weather could upend travel for millions hoping to take advantage of the holiday weekend. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Officials at San Francisco International Airport confirmed on Monday that a JetBlue flight bound for Boston was delayed after the aircraft collided with a moving vehicle on the tarmac, but there were no injuries reported.
A passenger said flight attendants told them to spread out to rebalance the plane.
JetBlue flight 1256 flying in from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Fort Lauderdale experienced "sudden severe turbulence" as it neared Florida, a JetBlue official told CBS News.
A Jet Blue flight from Ecuador to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hit severe turbulence, sending eight passengers to the hospital.
Lasers were directed at two airborne Jet Blue flights Thursday near Boston Logan International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No one was hurt.
It happened at Boston's Logan International Airport in February. The agency is blaming an error made by the charter jet's pilot.
JetBlue and American Airlines are ending their partnership. Starting this Friday, the two airlines will no longer sell tickets on one another's flights. A federal judge ruled in May their alliance is anti-competitive. Journalist and travel expert Scott Mayerowitz joined CBS News to talk about the change.
A partnership dubbed the Northeast Alliance is bad for travelers, a judge ruled in a win for government antitrust enforcers.
The Department of Justice could soon file a lawsuit to block JetBlue's proposed merger with Spirit Airlines. The potential $3.8 billion deal was approved by Spirit shareholders last year. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss.
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes joins "CBS Mornings" for a closer look at the Justice Department's looming decision over whether to allow a $3.8 billion merger with low-budget carrier Spirit Airlines.
Hayes spoke shortly before the Department of Justice sued to block JetBlue's proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines.
Regulators say the proposed merger, which would create the fifth-largest U.S. carrier, threatens airline industry competition.
The carriers say joining forces would benefit travelers, but the blockbuster deal has been dogged by concerns it could hurt competition.
A Learjet operated by charter company HopAJet crossed onto the runway and took off without clearance, according to the FAA.
Two JetBlue planes bumped into each other at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City on Wednesday. CBS News transportation safety analyst and former National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt joined CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss that incident and another near-miss at JFK and the checks and balances in place to avoid incidents with aircraft.
The incident comes just days after a close call at the same airport, when two planes carrying passengers nearly collided on the runway.
Port Authority staff evacuated 167 people from the plane using emergency slides, officials said.
The alleged incident occurred near the end of the flight, a spokesperson for JetBlue said in a statement to CBS News.
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The Trump administration says it has completed the first sale of Venezuelan oil to the U.S. Will it mean lower prices at the pump?
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The Trump administration says it has completed the first sale of Venezuelan oil to the U.S. Will it mean lower prices at the pump?
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A new analysis of dozens of peer-reviewed medical studies found no link between the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and diagnoses of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities in children.
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