DAL and VA apply for antitrust immunity
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DAL and VA apply for antitrust immunity
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have applied for antitrust immunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a proposed joint venture on flights between North America and the United Kingdom.
Atlanta-based Delta and British carrier Virgin Atlantic want the ability to coordinate schedules, pricing, sales and other aspects of flights in the North America-U.K. markets with each other and with Delta’s other trans-Atlantic joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia.
A Delta-Virgin Atlantic joint venture would go up against the American Airlines-British Airways joint venture. Delta said American Airlines with British Airways dominate the market between the U.S. and the U.K., including the New York-London market, which Delta calls “the most important business market in the world.”
Delta announced in December a deal to buy a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic and strike a joint venture with the carrier.
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have applied for antitrust immunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a proposed joint venture on flights between North America and the United Kingdom.
Atlanta-based Delta and British carrier Virgin Atlantic want the ability to coordinate schedules, pricing, sales and other aspects of flights in the North America-U.K. markets with each other and with Delta’s other trans-Atlantic joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Alitalia.
A Delta-Virgin Atlantic joint venture would go up against the American Airlines-British Airways joint venture. Delta said American Airlines with British Airways dominate the market between the U.S. and the U.K., including the New York-London market, which Delta calls “the most important business market in the world.”
Delta announced in December a deal to buy a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic and strike a joint venture with the carrier.
