Senate leaders call for slow-down of airline alliance antitrust immunity
Over the past two weeks, I have covered the pending antitrust immunity for airline alliances. In my discussions with insiders in Washington, DC, I have heard that many congressional and Department of Justice (DOJ) staffers were concerned with the fast-track the Department of Transportation (DOT) was pursuing regarding the antitrust immunity hearings.
Undemocratic secrecy shrouds airline alliance antitrust immunity hearings
The STAR and oneworld airline alliances have filed antitrust immunity requests with the Department of Transportation (DOT) that are far more far-reaching than any such immunity in the past. In my opinion and in the judgment of many others, this immunity is not in the interest of America’s traveling public nor the nation’s travel industry at large.
Why is the government allowing airlines to submit secret antitrust filings?
During the past week, the Department of Transportation has not served the American consumers well by quietly granting air carriers’ requests to file what amounted to secret answers to questions raised by various travel organizations in a controversial antitrust immunity filing.
“Seamless” travel? Here’s the reality of codeshare flights
The new three-way codeshare agreement between American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia is being touted as a “benefit to consumers” that will offer “easy, seamless and convenient travel to more global destinations.” Yeah, right.