Originally Posted by
beyondhere
I really prefer more competition and wouldn't want JetBlue, Alaska or Spirit which are large enough to merge into Southwest. The only one I'm willing to accept is Frontier, since Spirit could organically infill back what was lost from Frontier.
I see Alaska and Jet Blue merging
It makes far better sense for a few reasons
1. JetBlue is primarily east coast with flights out west. AS is primarily west coast
2. they share common international partners
If they merge there would be 5 major US carriers which is good competition.