Major Airlines Seek to Salvage Parts of Blocked Partnership

American Airlines and JetBlue want to continue selling tickets on each other's flights and linking their frequent-flyer programs despite losing an antitrust trial over their partnership.
The Justice Department proposed a final judgment that would order American and JetBlue to end most parts of the deal immediately.
The airlines want to keep selling tickets on each other's flights and offering reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits because those practices "are common in the airline industry.
The Justice Department said that by asking to keep elements of the deal, the airlines are trying "to craft a new 'NEA Lite' on the fly."
The Biden administration sued the airlines in September 2021, arguing that their deal would reduce competition and raise prices for consumers.