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Financial Times • Jude Webber

Boeing to Take Over Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast Plant, Sharing Production with Airbus

Boeing will acquire Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast facility after attempts to find a buyer fell through, and plans to jointly operate the plant with Airbus. The move secures fuselage and wing production capacity for both planemakers and draws them under one roof in Northern Ireland.

2025-07-01T09:14:39.758815-07:00

CNBC

US Supreme Court Rejects American’s Appeal of Northeast Alliance with JetBlue

2025-06-30T07:31:29.482338-07:00

Reuters

Spirit Airlines Files for Chapter 11 Amid Mounting Losses

2024-11-18T02:02:15.408361-08:00

CNBC

DOJ Ends Review: Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Advances

2024-08-19T22:15:17.748002-07:00

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Aviation Week

JetBlue and United Rebuke Spirit’s Antitrust Challenge to Blue Sky Partnership JetBlue and United Airlines have fired back at Spirit Airlines’ petition to the US Department of Transportation to block their ‘Blue Sky’ interline and reciprocal loyalty partnership. The carriers argue the deal boosts competition, expands network connectivity at key hubs and prevents fare increases.

2025-07-03T15:23:18.251044-07:00

JetBlue and United Rebuke Spirit’s Antitrust Challenge to Blue Sky Partnership

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Boeing to Take Over Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast Plant, Sharing Production with Airbus Boeing will acquire Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast facility after attempts to find a buyer fell through, and plans to jointly operate the plant with Airbus. The move secures fuselage and wing production capacity for both planemakers and draws them under one roof in Northern Ireland.

2025-07-01T09:14:39.758815-07:00

Boeing to Take Over Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast Plant, Sharing Production with Airbus

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UK CMA launches antitrust probe into Boeing’s $8.3 billion Spirit AeroSystems deal Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an antitrust investigation into Boeing’s $8.3 billion reacquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, its former subsidiary. The probe could delay the planned Q3 closing as regulators assess potential competition impacts in the UK aerospace market and beyond.

2025-07-01T05:58:01.278326-07:00

UK CMA launches antitrust probe into Boeing’s $8.3 billion Spirit AeroSystems deal

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US Supreme Court Rejects American’s Appeal of Northeast Alliance with JetBlue The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a lower court’s finding that American Airlines’ Northeast Alliance with JetBlue violated federal antitrust law. The decision leaves intact a judicial injunction blocking the carriers’ partnership aimed at coordinating schedules and sharing routes across the Northeast corridor.

2025-06-30T07:31:29.482338-07:00

US Supreme Court Rejects American’s Appeal of Northeast Alliance with JetBlue

Yonhap News Agency

Fair Trade Commission Rejects Korean Air-Asiana Mileage Integration Plan South Korea's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday rejected the mileage integration plan that Korean Air submitted as part of its merger with Asiana Airlines, citing lack of clarity over consumer benefits and execution details. The decision raises fresh regulatory challenges for the carriers’ proposed tie-up.

2025-06-11T22:42:55.629384-07:00

Fair Trade Commission Rejects Korean Air-Asiana Mileage Integration Plan

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Condor files EU court challenge to Lufthansa–ITA Airways merger approval German leisure airline Condor filed a legal challenge at the EU’s General Court on May 21, seeking to annul the European Commission’s decision to approve the Lufthansa–ITA Airways merger. The move adds fresh legal uncertainty to the planned consolidation of two major European carriers.

2025-05-29T07:55:31.489335-07:00

Condor files EU court challenge to Lufthansa–ITA Airways merger approval

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Luxair Files Legal Challenge to Lufthansa–ITA Airways Merger Approval at EU General Court Luxair has filed legal action at the EU’s General Court to annul the European Commission’s decision approving the merger between Lufthansa and ITA Airways. The Luxembourg-based carrier contests the antitrust ruling that cleared the deal, marking a fresh legal hurdle for the tie-up of two major European airlines.

2025-05-23T20:38:34.278033-07:00

Luxair Files Legal Challenge to Lufthansa–ITA Airways Merger Approval at EU General Court

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American Airlines sues Chicago, accusing city of favoring United in O’Hare gate allocation American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, alleging officials colluded with United Airlines to shift gate assignments at O’Hare, undermining AA’s hub operations. The carrier is seeking to reverse recent gate changes and recover damages, intensifying competition at its largest hub.

2025-05-09T14:49:52.036719-07:00

American Airlines sues Chicago, accusing city of favoring United in O’Hare gate allocation

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