Delta and Aeroméxico sue to block DOT order dismantling US–Mexico joint venture

Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico have sued the U.S. government seeking to block a Department of Transportation order requiring the carriers to unwind their transborder joint venture by Jan. 1. The lawsuit challenges removal of antitrust immunity that let the partners coordinate schedules, pricing and capacity on U.S.–Mexico routes.

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The suit directly targets DOT's order to unwind the venture by Jan. 1, which would end the carriers' coordinated control of schedules, pricing and capacity on U.S.–Mexico routes; see DOT and DOJ actions on the immunity decision (https://hype.aero/?story=2a691844-ad0b-4e0a-b5df-b4027c4aed65).
This legal challenge is part of broader bilateral tensions that already produced flight caps and other regulatory measures between the U.S. and Mexico, raising stakes for transborder capacity and competition (https://hype.aero/?story=b9f8e378-cb7e-42f7-804e-e8298b47aafd).
The outcome will set precedent for other proposed U.S.–Latin America commercial partnerships and pending joint-venture filings, including cases now awaiting regulatory review (https://hype.aero/?story=d183083c-f121-4f34-b09f-a4b5cfbb1af9).

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