jetBlue Mergers and Acquisitions Presentation Deck
JetBlue has high conviction in obtaining regulatory approval...
... Spirit's focus on Northeast Alliance is a red herring
JetBlue
NEA is irrelevant for Spirit…..
jetBlue
Market shares are basically
the same...
JetBlue has a more significant
impact on legacy carrier fares...
JetBlue irreplaceable unlike
ULCCS...
JetBlue has far less overlap with
Spirit than Frontier has...
JetBlue offers Spirit shareholders
strong protections4
JetBlue to divest Spirit's holdings in NYC and BOS
JetBlue's NEA - either approved by the courts or
blocked does not hinder a JetBlue-Spirit transaction
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JetBlue / Spirit combined market share of 8%¹
JetBlue's presence on a nonstop route decreases legacy
fares by 16%, or 3x as much as ultra-low-cost carriers
JetBlue offers a unique value proposition that is
difficult to replicate
JetBlue overlaps with Spirit on 54 nonstop routes² and
only 31 routes² when excluding the NEA-relevant
markets, which JetBlue has offered to divest
Frontier
Commitment to divest assets up to a Material Adverse
Effect on Spirit (including all Spirit NYC and
BOS holdings)
Frontier / Spirit combined market share of 7%¹
Legacy carriers do not respond to ULCCS in the same
manner as JetBlue; their fares remain higher
Ultra-low-cost carriers thrive with smaller networks and
are expanding rapidly (e.g., Frontier has 230 aircraft on
order, Breeze and Avelo expanding rapidly)
Frontier overlaps with Spirit on 104 nonstop routes²
JetBlue has far less overlap in flights, seats, and ASMs with Spirit than Frontier in the metropolitan
areas served by both³
No divestiture commitment, despite similar
regulatory profile
No reverse break-up fee
Could walk away from the merger without any penalty
if transaction does not close for antitrust reasons
$200mm reverse break-up fee
1 Based on 2021 nonstop US passenger seats (ending December 2021). 2 Based on Q1-Q4 2021 domestic Department of Transportation data. 3 Based on scheduled flights / seats / ASMS for 2021 including international routes. 4 Conditional upon
negotiated merger with Spirit.
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