American Airlines and JetBlue Airways asked a U.S. judge late Friday to allow them to continue mutual frequent flyer recognition and codeshare arrangements.
asked a U.S. judge late Friday to allow them to continue mutual frequent flyer recognition and codeshare arrangements.
The airlines said Sorokin should allow them to continue codesharing and reciprocal frequent flyer programs, arguing such agreements are lawful and "to ensure that the right airline is paid for the service provided to the consumer." Codeshares allow multiple airlines to sell seats for the same flight.
The Justice Department and six states sued in 2021 to unwind the NEA announced in 2020, calling it a "de facto merger" of the American and JetBlue Boston and New York operations that removes incentives for them to compete.entanglements and return to being fully independent competitors to remedy their unlawful distortion of airline competition in the Northeast and beyond."
The airlines said Sorokin should minimize consumer disruption and not become "the central planner in the unwinding of a multi-year integrated joint venture in violation of cardinal principles of antitrust law."
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