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Official record dossierInvestigationInquiry
DOJ and DOT launch broad inquiry into competition in air travel
The agencies requested public information on consolidation, airport access, exclusionary conduct, ticket sales, pricing, rewards programs, labor, and other competition conditions in air travel.
Defines a public research agenda around the airline profile and identifies questions that cannot be answered by national carrier shares alone.
Official recordDOJ and DOT launch broad inquiry into competition in air travelInquiry / U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Transportation / 1 market
- Record identityevt-airlines-competition-inquiry-2024Oct 24, 2024
- Official scopeInquiryU.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Transportation
- Market scope1 linked contextSeparately bounded profiles
- Permitted inferenceChronology + contextNo automatic causal claim
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Domestic scheduled airline passenger market share based on BTS TranStats for the 12 months ending February 2026. The profile withholds HHI because the public table includes an aggregated Other category.
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U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Transportation / agency report
Justice Department and Department of Transportation Launch Broad Public Inquiry into Air Travel Competition
Joint public inquiry covering airline consolidation airport access pricing rewards practices and competition in air travel.
Accessed Jul 17, 2026. U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Transportation, Broad Public Inquiry into the State of Competition in Air Travel, October 24 2024.
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DOJ-DOT air travel competition inquiry
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Jan 16, 2024
DecisionU.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Court blocks JetBlue's proposed acquisition of Spirit AirlinesShared context: Domestic airlines
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- evt-airlines-competition-inquiry-2024
- Profile slug
- airlines-competition-inquiry-2024
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