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February 15, 2013

Antitrust Questions Raised over American Airlines and U.S. Airways Merger 
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American Airlines and U.S. Airways have announced plans to merge,
creating the world’s largest airline. In an editorial The New York
Times called for antitrust regulators to probe the merger, which would
put more than 70 percent of passenger business under the control of four
airlines.

 

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