Justice Department Opens Probe of Airline Fare Distributors

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible antitrust violations by companies that distribute airline fare and flight data as they spar with carriers over control of the information.

Sabre Holdings Corp., of Southlake, Texas, and Atlanta-based Travelport Ltd. said today they were asked by the agency for information. Delta Air Lines Inc., AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. also received requests.