The Justice Department and several states sued to break up the airline alliance.
American Airlines and JetBlue must give up their partnership in the northeast U.S. That's what a federal judge in Boston ruled on Friday.
The Justice Department argued during a trial last fall that the deal would eventually cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. JetBlue spokeswoman Emily Martin said her airline was disappointed, adding, "We made it clear at trial that the Northeast Alliance has been a huge win for customers.""Today's decision is a win for Americans who rely on competition between airlines to travel affordably," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
American is the largest U.S. airline and JetBlue is the sixth-biggest overall. But in Boston, they hold down two of the top three spots, alongside Delta Air Lines, and two of the top four positions in New York. The trial featured testimony by current and former airline CEOs and economists who gave wildly different opinions on how the deal would affect competition and ticket prices.
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