Billionaire investor George Soros’s investment fund has placed new bets on low-cost and ultra-low-cost U.S. airlines, targeting new stakes in JetBlue Airways Corp., Spirit Airlines Inc. and Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc., according to a document late Wednesday.
Soros’ fund, which had invested in JetBlue JBLU in the distant past, bought more than 370 million shares of the low-cost airline, which recently appealed a court ruling blocking its merger with Spirit.
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