AA blasts Virgin on anti-trust plan
American Airlines responded today to Virgin Atlantic's criticism of its proposed anti-trust alliance with British Airways and Iberia in a filing with the Department of Transportation. Virgin has charged that the hookup will create a monopoly on flights to Heathrow Airport in London.
American officials said they "strongly object to Virgin Atlantic's erroneous and unsupported allegations about the lack of competitiveness" on overlapping routes. The airline points out that, combined with British Airways, it has less than 50 percent of the market on routes between the United States and Heathrow.
The filing does note one route where American and British Airways dominate - D/FW Airport to London, where four out of five passenger fly either carrier.
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