Spirit Airlines airplanes at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Spirit Airlines Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 26. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA federal judge's order blocking a $3.8 billion-dollar deal that would have JetBlue Airways purchase rival Spirit Airlines leaves Spirit with an uncertain future. Few places will feel the impact harder than the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) if Spirit can't keep flying. The Arnold Palmer Regional Airport has almost all the amenities of any major airport, just on a smaller scale.

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Persons: Eva Marie Uzcategui, Arnold, Arnold Palmer, DeNuzio's, Gabe Monzo, Monzo, Jase Ramsey, Ramsey Organizations: Spirit Airlines, Hollywood International, Spirit Airlines Inc, Bloomberg, Getty, JetBlue Airways, Arnold Palmer Regional, TSA, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Florida Gulf Coast University, Southwest, Southwest Florida International Locations: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Pittsburgh, Latrobe , Pennsylvania, LBE, Orlando, Myrtle Beach, Florida, Fort Myers, Southwest Florida, South Florida