US moves to block American Airlines and US Airways merger

The US federal government and six states have taken legal action aimed at blocking a gigantic merger between American Airlines and US Airways.

US moves to block American Airlines and US Airways merger

The US federal government and six states have taken legal action aimed at blocking a gigantic merger between American Airlines and US Airways.

The deal would create the world’s biggest airline, worth US $14bn (€10.5bn) on paper. The two airlines had expected to cruise towards a merger and were stunned by the lawsuit, which claims it would hurt competition and cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year in higher fares and extra fees.

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