JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) and Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) are challenging a request by law firms for up to USD34 million in fees for having sued to block the airlines’ USD3.8 billion merger, which was ultimately abandoned in March, according to documents in the case filed with the US District Court of Massachusetts.

The eight law firms had represented a group of 25 passengers and travel agents in an antitrust lawsuit, initially filed in November 2022 in the Northern…

Source: ch aviation
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