SPIRIT AIRLINES said late Thursday that it will talk to JetBlue about JetBlue's $3.6 billion bid to buy Spirit and combine the two airlines. JetBlue is trying to torpedo an earlier bid for Spirit by Frontier Airlines. Spirit says that after talking to financial and legal advisers, its directors believe the JetBlue offer of $3.3 billion could turn out to be better than the Frontier bid, but it hasn't decided yet. / COURTESY JETBLUE AIRWAYS/IAN DUNCAN
DALLAS (AP) – Spirit Airlines said late Thursday that it will talk to JetBlue Airways about its $3.6 billion bid to combine the two airlines, which appeared to leapfrog an earlier offer by Frontier Airlines. Spirit said that after speaking with financial and legal advisers, its directors believe JetBlue's offer could "reasonably" turn out to…