US to block Virgin-Delta deal?
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- Friday, 10 September 2010
Australian authorities approved the proposal in December.
The Transportation Department said the carriers have not shown enough benefits for travellers and that they have virtually no experience as
commercial partners.
They also each employ business processes that are not compatible with processes used by the other.
"They have only just begun to explore the feasibility of arms-length co-operation, much less the degree of co-operation that requires, or would merit, a grant of antitrust immunity," the Department said.
The airlines have two weeks to object.
