Why Airline Antitrust Immunity Benefits Consumers

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Daniel Kasper, Darin Lee, Sep 15, 2009

Any analysis of immunized airline alliances must begin by recognizing that, unlike most other global businesses, airlines are precluded by a host of laws and regulations in the United States and abroad from acquiring control of foreign airlines and from carrying domestic traffic in other countries. These barriers to investment and market entry effectively preclude any single carrier from buil