Antitrust Experts Raise Warnings over US Air-AA Merger
A merger between US Airways and American Airlines could create and reinforce key strongholds such as AA’s hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
A merger between US Airways and American Airlines could create and reinforce key strongholds such as AA’s hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) and Business Travel Coalition (BTC) last week publicly released a jointly produced white paper sent to the U.S. Department of Justice that explains their opposition to the merger between US Airways and American Airlines. The 28-page report concludes that such a merger could substantially reduce competition on a number of routes, create regional strongholds at key airports across the country and starve smaller communities of air service vital to their business interests.