A federal judge decided in May that JetBlue and American must end their partnership.
The Justice Department won a trial in Boston last fall over the JetBlue-American partnership. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin decided in May that the airlines , or NEA, which began in 2021, because it violates U.S. antitrust law.
Shortly after JetBlue’s announcement, American said it respects JetBlue’s decision “to focus on its other antitrust and regulatory challenges,” but it will press ahead with its own appeal in the case. While the deal with American helped JetBlue grow in one region of the country, buying Spirit would let JetBlue grow quickly Last month, JetBlue and American asked Judge Sorokin to let them keep selling tickets
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