Transportation

US Justice Department Backs End to Delta, Aeromexico Venture

Grupo Aeromexico airplanes at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico.

Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg

Delta Air Lines Inc. and Grupo Aeromexico should lose antitrust protection that allows the carriers to plan and price flights jointly, the US Justice Department said in a filing on Monday.

The agency cited evidence it says suggests that restrictive and possibly discriminatory policies by the government of Mexico have limited competition.