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Report: Spirit Airlines buys Air Jamaica
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Discount carrier Spirit Airlines has reportedly acquired Air Jamaica in a government-led effort to privatize the island's money-losing national airline.
The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper says a deal was reached after a committee charged with the airline's privatization submitted its report. The newspaper cites unnamed government sources.
Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson was contacted by The Associated Press on Saturday and refuses to comment.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said Air Jamaica was losing $141 million a year.
Spirit is privately owned and flies to 36 cities in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
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