The US Department of Justice has filed a suit to stop JetBlue Airways Corp from buying Spirit Airlines Inc, saying the planned $3.8bn merger “will lead to higher fares and fewer seats, harming millions of consumers on hundreds of routes”.Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Tuesday that Spirit’s internal documents showed that when it enters a market, fares fall by 17 percent while JetBlue’s internal documents show that when Spirit stops flying a route, fares go up by 30 percent.“The merger of JetBlue and Spirit would result in higher fares and fewer choices for tens of millions of travellers, with the greatest impact felt by those who rely on what are known as ultra-low-cost carriers in order to fly,” Garland told a news conference.
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