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JetBlue-American Alliance Gives Larger Airline Control at JFK, Spirit Says
- Airlines’ sharing of flight slots at center of antitrust trial
- JetBlue ‘will do what American wants it to do,’ Spirit says
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An American Airlines Group Inc. alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp. has placed the majority of flights by US carriers at New York’s primary airports into the hands of two major airlines, an executive from rival carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. testified Thursday.
Spirit objected to the partnership between American and JetBlue, known as the Northeast Alliance, in January 2021, filing its concerns with the US Department of Transportation. That initial complaint helped lead to a federal antitrust lawsuit, which now seeks to undo the agreement.