July 28, 2023
Two months after a Massachusetts federal judge declared that a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines amounted to an illegal merger, he has handed down a permanent injunction Friday blocking their already abandoned codesharing pact.
July 26, 2023
A federal judge who struck down a codesharing pact between American Airlines and JetBlue denied antitrust enforcers' request Wednesday for five years of monitoring and restrictions on future business agreements with other carriers, saying that the proposed conditions were both "excessively harsh" and unnecessary.
July 20, 2023
American Airlines and JetBlue said antitrust enforcers are going too far by asking a Boston federal judge to install a five-year monitorship along with other stringent conditions after their codesharing pact was struck down.
July 05, 2023
JetBlue revealed Wednesday it has pulled out of a codeshare agreement with American Airlines that a Massachusetts federal judge recently declared illegal and anti-competitive, leaving American to appeal the ruling on its own, as JetBlue pivots to securing regulatory approval of its proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines.
July 05, 2023
A high court ruling addressing states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies, the dismantling of American Airlines' alliance with JetBlue over antitrust concerns and a setback for East Coast ride-hail drivers seeking employee status are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2023 impacting the transportation industry.
June 15, 2023
JetBlue and American Airlines have filed a proposed reply brief blasting the U.S. Justice Department's proposed final judgment after winning a court order against their Northeast Alliance, calling it a drastic overreach.
June 14, 2023
Antitrust enforcers who successfully challenged a regional alliance between JetBlue and American Airlines told a Boston federal judge they were blindsided by the carriers' proposed final judgment, including a request to allow them to continue codesharing and frequent flyer agreements already deemed to violate the law.
June 12, 2023
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways asked a judge Friday to let them continue code-sharing, frequent flyer and revenue-sharing arrangements created under a pact deemed last month to violate antitrust laws — requests that the government called a "Northeast Alliance Lite."
May 22, 2023
In convincing a Massachusetts federal judge Friday to nix a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines, the U.S. Department of Justice improved its Biden-era litigated track record and scored an important milestone for its campaign against concentration in airlines and across the economy.
May 19, 2023
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday nixed a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines, finding that the deal involving several major Northeast airports stifles competition in the airline industry by allowing two of the top carriers to join forces.