A House Judiciary subcommittee will take up airline competition and regulation on 24 June, putting Spirit Airlines’ collapse and the 2024 JetBlue merger block back under scrutiny.
The hearing lands after Spirit shut down in May, erased about 15,000 jobs, and removed the last large ultra-low-cost challenger from several domestic markets. Chris Sununu, chief executive of Airlines for America, is expected to testify as lawmakers revisit fare pressure, baggage charges, gate access and merger policy. The session also gives Republicans and Democrats a fresh venue to clash over antitrust enforcement and deregulation. For operators, the signal is clear: Washington is moving from postmortem to policy.