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Special Items
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]  
Special Items Special Items
The following is a listing of special items presented on our consolidated statements of operations (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Special Items
Spirit-related costs (1)
$532 $92 $28 
Union contract costs (2)
26 105 33 
Voluntary opt-out costs (3)
17 — — 
Embraer E190 fleet transition (4)
15 — 52 
Other special items1 — — 
Total special items$591 $197 $113 
(1) As a result of the termination of the Merger Agreement in March 2024, we wrote off the Spirit prepayment and breakup fee discussed in Note 18. These costs also include Spirit-related consulting, professional, and legal fees. Spirit-related costs in 2023 and 2022 primarily relate to consulting, professional and legal fees.
(2) Union contract costs primarily relate to pilot ratification payments and adjustments to paid-time-off accruals resulting from pay rate increases. See Note 10 for further discussion.
(3) Voluntary opt-out costs relate to severance and benefit costs associated with the Company's opt-out program for eligible crewmembers in the airports, customer support, JetBlue Travel Products and support center workgroups.
(4) Embraer E190 fleet transition costs in 2024 relate to the early termination of a flight-hour engine services agreement. In 2022, fleet transition costs related to impairment losses on certain aircraft and spare parts as well as retirement losses due to engine exchanges as a result of our fleet transition.