American and JetBlue flights prepare to take off at Los Angeles International Airport, Jan. 11, 2023.
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JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it will end its partnership in the northeastern U.S. with American Airlines after a jetblue-shifts-focus-to-spirit-airlines-terminates-american-airlines-partnership-following-antitrust-case.html” title=”JetBlue shifts focus to Spirit Airlines, terminates American Airlines partnership following antitrust case”>federal judge ordered the carriers to end the agreement, as the New York airline focuses on its acquisition of Spirit Airlines instead.
American said in June that it would challenge the ruling against the JetBlue partnership — called the Northeast Alliance, or NEA — but New York-based JetBlue said Wednesday it would not appeal the decision. That ruling was the result of a 2021 lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, six states and the District of Columbia to block the alliance, calling it anticompetitive.
“Despite our deep conviction in the procompetitive benefits of the NEA, after much consideration, JetBlue has made the difficult decision not to appeal the court’s determination that the NEA cannot continue as…
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