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US: Airlines now face at least 15 antitrust lawsuits

By  |  July 9, 2015

On Wednesday, there were 11 lawsuits filed that allege that American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines had colluded to restrain capacity and thereby drive up airfares.

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    The new count: 15, including four more that were filed Wednesday.

    They were all filed after the U.S. Department of Justice asked those four airlines last week to provide all documents and records they possessed that discussed capacity. The DOJ followed complaints from lawmakers that airlines weren’t cutting fares in the wake of falling fuel price and were talking a lot about capacity discipline.

    In general, the lawsuits all cite public comments by airline executives about the need to keep capacity growth in control and not let it get out of hand.

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