American Airlines and JetBlue Must Abandon Their Partnership in the Northeast, Federal Judge Rules

American Airlines and JetBlue Must Abandon Their Partnership in the Northeast, Federal Judge Rules
An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on July 16, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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American Airlines and JetBlue Airways must abandon their partnership in the northeast United States, a federal judge in Boston ruled Friday, saying that the government proved the deal reduces competition in the airline industry.

The ruling is a major victory for the Biden administration, which has used aggressive enforcement of antitrust laws to fight against mergers and other arrangements between large corporations.