MIAMI – Delta Air Lines (DL) and WestJet (WS) on Friday canceled joint venture plans following changes stipulated by the US government.
The changes, deemed “unreasonable and unacceptable” by the airlines are primarily based on grounds of competition concerns.
The Department of Transportation in granting antitrust immunity said it would require the carriers to remove WS low cost affiliate Swoop (WO) from the alliance along with divesting 16 takeoff and landing slots at New York LaGuardia International Airport (LGA).
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The airlines additionally called the US demands, particularly those regard the slot divestitures, “arbitrary and read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”