A day after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, regulators and industry officials continued to wrestle with a central question: What is the best way to protect consumers?
August 14: Justice Dept. Alters View of Mergers by Airlines (The New York Times)
August 15, 2013
To the Justice Department, a merger between American and US Airways would increase the fares and fees that have been steadily rising.
But to the airlines, the merger would lower costs and provide more flexibility for many travelers. What is more, some industry analysts said that a hobbled American, which is still trying to emerge from bankruptcy protection, would struggle to compete against the two giants, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines...