JetBlue, American Offer to Rework Alliance After Legal Setback
- Airlines ask to continue codeshare and loyalty agreements
- DOJ asked court to reject effort to revamp Northeast Alliance
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JetBlue Airways Corp. and American Airlines Group Inc. are seeking to keep components of their US Northeast operating alliance in tact while winding down other elements, part of a high-stakes antitrust battle playing out in court.
The airlines want to keep codeshare and loyalty agreements in place, but are willing to stop joint scheduling and sales, they said in a court filing Friday. They also asked the court to reject a request from the Department of Justice to require the companies to dissolve the Northeast Alliance, or NEA, completely and impose a monitor to oversee the wind down.