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 correct name,” as Spirit Airways ceased all operations.

In a put up on X, Tanden identified that, as Spirit Airways introduced they have been ending operations, “Hundreds of individuals are dropping their jobs.” Tanden additionally expressed that whereas “maybe it was” the correct name, “an evaluation of the scenario “should contemplate as a part of the equation” what number of households are affecting by the lack of jobs from Spirit Airways.

“Given the information as we speak that Spirit Airways is shuttering and hundreds of individuals are dropping their jobs, I believe we must always truthfully assess whether or not the Garland DoJ stopping the JetBlue merger with Spirit Airways was the correct name,” Tanden wrote. “Maybe it was, however any evaluation should contemplate as a part of the equation the loss to so many households to resolve.”

Breitbart Information’s Lowell Cauffiel reported that, because the low-budget airline, Spirit Airways, introduced all operations have been completed, “17,000 individuals 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 affect” of its “ultra-low-cost mannequin on the trade during the last 33 years.”

“It’s with nice disappointment that on Could 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 now not obtainable. We’re happy with the affect 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.”