The bidding war between JetBlue and Frontier to acquire Broward Co., Florida-based Spirit Airlines now involves the future of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
JetBlue Airways, determined to wrest Spirit away from rival bidder Frontier Airlines, has added millions more to its offer to Spirit shareholders.
But JetBlue, which is one of the biggest operators along with Spirit at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, says it would sell any assets Spirit holds in New York and Boston as it seeks to ease antitrust concerns by federal regulators — their Northeast Alliance with American Airlines, in which the two carriers market and sell each other’s tickets in the region, has raised concerns among those regulators.