July 29 (Reuters) – Spirit Airlines Inc (SAVE.N) Chief Executive Ted Christie had been dismissive of the possibility that regulators would allow his low-cost U.S. airline to be sold to JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O) for the last four months.
“You don’t need to be an antitrust attorney to see the issues here,” Christie stated in several media interviews after JetBlue unveiled its bid in April, gatecrashing a deal he had clinched in February to sell Spirit to Frontier Group Holdings Inc