DOJ Backs Denying Delta-Aeromexico Antitrust Protection

The Department of Justice has recommended that the Department of Transportation deny Delta Air Lines and Grupo Aeromexico antitrust protections that allows the carriers to plan and price flights jointly because “restrictive and potentially discriminatory” practices by the Mexican government have limited competition.

The Transportation Department has alleged that Mexico has been acting outside of a 2015 agreement since 2022 by taking slots away from U.S. carriers at Benito Juarez airport outside Mexico City and restricting air cargo flights there, Bloomberg reported last month.

The move was part of Mexican efforts to drive cargo traffic to the newly built airport.

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