---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158463-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBLU"
cik: "0001158463"
company_name: "JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:34:26.120861+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JetBlue terminates Spirit merger; pays $69M breakup fee, pivots to organic plan

## Summary
- JetBlue and Spirit mutually terminate July 2022 merger agreement; JetBlue pays $69M in cash on March 5, 2024.
- Termination due to unlikely satisfaction of legal and regulatory closing conditions by July 24, 2024 outside date.
- JetBlue targets breakeven operating margins in 2024, with over $300M in revenue initiatives identified.
- Expects $175-200M cost savings from structural program and $75M in fleet maintenance savings.
- Investor Day scheduled for May 30, 2024 to detail long-term organic strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158463-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBLU
- cik: 0001158463
- company_name: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000010/0001158463-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000010/jblu-20240301.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP terminated Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement) with Spirit Airlines, Inc. valued at JetBlue agreed to pay Spirit $69 million in cash on March 5, 2024; mutual release of claims (effective 2024-03-01).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Spirit Airlines, Inc.
  - Value: JetBlue agreed to pay Spirit $69 million in cash on March 5, 2024; mutual release of claims
  - Effective: 2024-03-01
  source text: As previously disclosed, on July 28, 2022, JetBlue Airways Corporation, (“JetBlue”), Sundown Acquisition Corp., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue (“Merger Sub”) and Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit” and, together with JetBlue and Merger Sub, the “Parties”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which and subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub would be merged with and into Spirit, with Spirit continuing as the surviving corporation. On March 1, 2024, the Parties entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Parties agreed that the Merger Agreement, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, was terminated, effective immediately, subject to limited exceptions related to JetBlue’s previously agreed indemnification obligations.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000010/0001158463-24-000010-index.htm

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