Tag: Airlines
US: Qantas, American to refile for DOT antitrust immunity
Qantas and American Airlines do not plan to make major changes to their application for antitrust immunity when they re-file soon, calculating they failed...
Germany: Lufthansa may lease aircraft from Air Berlin
The Bundeskartellamt has cleared the wet-lease agreement on 38 passenger aircraft between Lufthansa and Air Berlin. The agreement was proactively notified by the parties...
EU: Airlines Lufthansa and Etihad not ‘in merger talks’
Germany's Lufthansa is not in talks about Etihad Airways taking a stake in the German airline, two sources familiar with the matter said on...
US: DOJ won’t push antitrust case against airlines during Obama administration
The Justice Department, which started investigating alleged collusion between the nation’s major airlines in mid-2015, will not bring an antitrust case against the carriers...
US: Airlines could face antitrust case on capacity
The US Justice Department is unlikely to bring an antitrust action against US airlines after finding little evidence the carriers coordinated to raise fares...
Spain: No immediate plans to sell more shares in Aena
Spain has no immediate plans to sell shares in majority state-owned airport operator Aena, Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna said on Tuesday,...
The Airlines Industry, Concentration and Allegations of Collusion
By Paula W. Render -
In 1978, when Congress deregulated the airline industry, there were 10 airlines that provided scheduled national and international service, and those 10 accounted...
SEP-09(1)
In this issue:
Antitrust & Transportation
Don Baker, Bill Mullins, Sep 15, 2009
Railroad Antitrust Reform - A Train to Nowhere?
Will the removal of the few antitrust exemptions...
Sectoral Study on Competition on the Airline Passenger Transport in Latin...
Aldo Gonzalez, Jun 24, 2013
Sectoral Study on Competition on the Airline Passenger Transport in Latin America - Aldo Gonzalez (University of Chile)
This sectoral study...
Reform of the EU Merger Regulation: Looking Out for the Minority
Killian Kehoe, Christian Riis-Madsen, Sophia Stephanou, Jan 10, 2012
The last few months have witnessed new episodes in the long-running litigation concerning whether or not...