
American Airlines and JetBlue sued by DOJ over their airline alliance
CNN
The Department of Justice has sued two major airlines on Tuesday, alleging the companies created an alliance that raised prices and reduced choice for air passengers traveling to and from major cities in the United States' Northeast region.
JetBlue (JBLU) and American Airlines (AAL) last year created the "Northeast Alliance" that operates out of four major airports in Boston and New York City. The DOJ says the two companies committed to trading information on which routes to fly, when to fly them, who would fly them, and what size planes to use for each flight.
"The department cannot allow American Airlines to further consolidate the airline industry where competition is already in a critical shortage," Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division told reporters.

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