Tiana Lowe Doescher: Spirit Airlines shutdown highlights aggressive mergers and acquisition enforcement 

Published May 5, 2026 4:57pm ET | Updated May 5, 2026 4:57pm ET



Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher weighed in on the shutdown of Spirit Airlines, suggesting the collapse highlights broader problems with government intervention in the airline industry.

“I’m trying to think of a better example of the overzealousness of [Joe] Biden blocking [mergers and acquisitions] and how we are all worse off,” she said Monday on Newsmax’s The Right Squad. “Because now you have, guess what? The big four, who have an even bigger consolidation.”

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