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IN RE: Delta/AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation.

  1. July 31, 2019

    Delta Denied Costs For Bag-Fee MDL Over Discovery Blunders

    A Georgia federal court refused to award Delta the costs it incurred successfully defending against a suit from passengers alleging the airline colluded with AirTran to institute a fee for first checked bags, pointing to "discovery blunders" during the long-running multidistrict litigation.

  2. March 29, 2017

    Delta, AirTran Score Win In Bag-Fee MDL

    A Georgia federal court on Tuesday handed a victory to Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. in long-running multidistrict litigation alleging that they colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee, ruling that a close examination of all the facts in the case didn't add up to a conspiracy.

  3. July 14, 2016

    Passengers Score Class Cert. In Delta, AirTran Bag-Fee MDL

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of about 28 million passengers in long-running multidistrict litigation alleging Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee, saying the fees' alleged offsetting benefits don't nullify potential antitrust damages.

  4. December 21, 2015

    Passengers, Delta Slam Each Other's Experts In Bag Fees Suit

    Delta and AirTran continued a yearslong struggle with passengers in antitrust multidistrict litigation over baggage fees as both sides pushed to exclude the others' expert opinions on a putative class of passengers Friday in a Georgia federal court.

  5. December 07, 2015

    Delta Says Bag Fee Expert Can't Be Axed For Disagreeing

    Delta Air Lines Inc. defended its economic expert in an antitrust multidistrict litigation over baggage fees, telling a Georgia federal court Friday the proposed consumer class cannot exclude the expert just because he disagrees with them.

  6. November 25, 2015

    Delta, AirTran Fight To Keep Experts In Baggage Fee MDL

    Delta and AirTran fought back in antitrust multidistrict litigation Tuesday against requests by a proposed class of baggage fee-paying customers to exclude testimony from the airlines' experts, telling a Georgia federal judge their experts could attest to the fees' effect in reducing base fare.

  7. November 10, 2015

    Airlines Say Collusion Expert Unreliable In Bag Fee MDL

    Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. urged a Georgia federal judge Friday to ax testimony of an expert witness in proposed antitrust multidistrict litigation accusing the companies of colluding to institute a first-checked baggage fee, saying the testimony is unreliable.

  8. October 30, 2015

    Passengers Call Delta, AirTran Experts 'Irrelevant' In MDL

    Passengers accusing Delta and AirTran of colluding to institute a first-checked baggage fee in proposed antitrust class action multidistrict litigation want three of the airlines' expert witnesses blocked from testifying in Georgia federal court, arguing in motions made public Friday their testimony is legally irrelevant.

  9. October 05, 2015

    Delta, AirTran Blast 'Conspiracy Theory' In Bag-Fee MDL

    Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. urged a Georgia federal court Friday to boot a proposed antitrust class action accusing them of colluding to institute a first-checked baggage fee, saying they had legitimate business reasons for adopting fees that were similar to those of competitors.

  10. September 14, 2015

    Delta, AirTran Say Bag Fee Plaintiffs Rely On Old Precedents

    Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. told a Georgia federal court on Friday that the plaintiffs bringing an antitrust suit over baggage fees shouldn't get class certification because the precedents they relied on in their motion have been replaced with newer case law that requires more rigorous analysis.

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