The Antitrust Division agreed not to challenge the United-Continental merger when the merging airlines agreed to lease 18 pairs of takeoff and landing slots at Newark Liberty International Airport to discount carrier Southwest Airlines. Aside from the concern about barrier to entry into Newark, which were alleviated by the leasing agreement, the Antitrust Division took […]
Category Archives: Department of Transportation
DOT Grants Antitrust Exemption
August 16, 2010 – 2:35 pm
The Department of Transportion has joined the European Union in granting antitrust immunity to a partnership arrangement between American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia LAE. Called the OneWorld Alliance, the DOT and EU believe that the arrangement will reduce fares and create additional non-stop options for transatlantic flights. It will also provide additional competition for […]
D.C. Circuit Remands Airline Antitrust Claims to DOT
August 20, 2009 – 2:34 pm
In Alaska Airlines Inc. et al. v. U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the U.S. Department of Transportation to reconsider antitrust allegations by Southwest Airlines Co., US Airways Group Inc. and other airlines that Los Angeles International Airport and the city of Los Angeles unfairly discriminated in hiking […]