WASHINGTON—The Justice Division on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit difficult American Airways Group Inc.’s partnership with JetBlue Airways Corp. , alleging the lately solid alliance will suppress competitors and result in increased fares.
The division, joined by six states and the District of Columbia, filed the lawsuit in a Massachusetts federal courtroom. They alleged the American-JetBlue settlement will get rid of head-to-head competitors in key visitors hubs within the Northeast and harm vacationers throughout the nation by diminishing JetBlue’s incentives to compete with American. That might imply increased costs, fewer choices and poorer customer support, the swimsuit alleged.
