Review Under 49 U.S.C. 41720 of United/US Airways Agreements

摘要

United Air Lines and U.S. Airways have submitted agreements to the Department for review under 49 U.S.C. 41720. That statute requires certain types of agreements between major U.S. passenger airlines to be submitted to the Department at least thirty days before the agreements' proposed effective date and allows the Department to extend the waiting period for any such agreements. The Department has completed its review of the United/US Airways agreements and has determined to end the waiting period for the agreements. The Department has concluded that the competitive issues presented by the agreements do not presently require further investigation. In reaching this conclusion, the Department is relying on the terms of the agreements, the data provided in response to our requests, and the two airlines' acceptance of restrictions imposed by the Justice Department that are intended to limit the possibility of anti-competitive conduct.