Former Biden Aide Slams Biden DOJ for Stopping JetBlue, Spirit Merger

Neera Tanden, a former aide for former President Joe Biden, identified that individuals ought to query whether or not the Biden administration’s DOJ “stopping” the merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airways was “the precise name,” as Spirit Airways ceased all operations.

In a submit on X, Tanden identified that, as Spirit Airways introduced they have been ending operations, “1000’s of persons are dropping their jobs.” Tanden additionally expressed that whereas “maybe it was” the precise name, “an evaluation of the state of affairs “should think about as a part of the equation” what number of households are affecting by the lack of jobs from Spirit Airways.

“Given the information immediately that Spirit Airways is shuttering and hundreds of persons are dropping their jobs, I believe we should always actually assess whether or not the Garland DoJ stopping the JetBlue merger with Spirit Airways was the precise name,” Tanden wrote. “Maybe it was, however any evaluation should think about as a part of the equation the loss to so many households to determine.”

Breitbart Information’s Lowell Cauffiel reported that, because the low-budget airline, Spirit Airways, introduced all operations have been completed, “17,000 folks discovered themselves out of labor” on Saturday morning.

In an announcement on the Spirit Airways web site, the corporate expressed that they have been “happy with the influence” of its “ultra-low-cost mannequin on the trade during the last 33 years.”

“It’s with nice disappointment that on Might 2, 2026, Spirit Airways began an orderly wind-down of our operations, successfully instantly,” the announcement mentioned. “To our Company: all flights have been cancelled, and customer support is not out there. We’re happy with the influence of our ultra-low-cost mannequin on the trade during the last 33 years and had hoped to serve our Company for a few years to return.”

Breitbart Information reported that in a video from an interview with CNN in 2023, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg bragged about how the Division of Transportation was getting concerned in opposing a possible merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airways.