An appeals court in Boston in the United States has said it will hear arguments in June in a bid by JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) and Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) to overturn a federal judge’s decision last month to block JetBlue’s planned USD3.8 billion acquisition of the ultra-low-cost carrier.

“We contemplate argument during the court’s June sitting,” the US First Circuit Court of Appeal’s expedited order dated February 2 said. “Extensions will be strongly disfavoured.”…

Source: ch aviation
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