End of Spirit Airlines EXPOSES the Failure of Government-Controlled Markets For years, Americans were told that blocking the JetBlue-Spirit merger was necessary to “protect competition” and defend consumers from corporate concentration. Antitrust populists in Washington celebrated the Department of Justice’s intervention as a major victory against so-called monopolistic power in the airline industry. Now Spirit Airlines is collapsing into financial ruin. The irony is staggering. The same regulators who claimed they were defending consumer choice may have accelerated the destruction of one of America’s largest ultra-low-cost carriers. Millions of Americans who relied on Spirit for affordable travel are now facing fewer options, higher prices, reduced route availability, and growing airline consolidation anyway. This is the unavoidable consequence of government-managed markets.…
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