DOJ Challenges US Airways/American Airlines Merger
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the planned merger between US Airways Group and AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, the DOJ said in…
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a press release. The merger, "which would result in the creation of the world’s largest airline, would substantially lessen competition for commercial air travel in local markets throughout" the U.S., said the DOJ. The suit was joined by attorneys general from Washington, D.C., Texas, Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. Both airlines offer some cargo transport.