Eight plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International) in a bid to block its planned merger with Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu). The complaint to prohibit the acquisition, alleging a violation of the United States’ Clayton Antitrust Act, was lodged at the US District Court in Hawaii on April 15.

“Alaska’s proposed acquisition of Hawaiian not only violates federal law because it may ‘substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly’ in multiple markets in the…

Source: ch aviation
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