AntitrustAviation LawContract LawFeatured
March 29, 2024By Jose Rodriguez-Lage
On July 28, 2022, JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”), the sixth largest airline in the United States, announced that it had executed a final merger agreement with Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”), the seventh largest domestic carrier, pursuant to which JetBlue would pay $3.8 billion to acquire Spirit.[i] Both airlines are low-cost carriers, with Spirit being […]
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AntitrustAviation LawFeatured
November 17, 2023By Jose Rodriguez-Lage
In early 2021, American Airlines Group Inc. (“American Airlines”) and JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) launched a strategic partnership known as the Northeast Alliance (the “Alliance”). Under the Alliance, “the airlines coordinated their schedules, swapped slots and gates, and had frequent flyer reciprocity” on flights to and from Boston, New York City, and Newark.[i] The […]
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Employment LawFeaturedlabor laws
April 5, 2023By Jose Rodriguez-Lage
The ever-present tug-and-pull between the federal and state government was recently encapsulated in a dispute between flight attendants employed by Alaska Airlines, Inc., the successor to Virgin America, Inc. (“Virgin America”).[i]Under Section 512(a) of the California Labor Code, “[a]n employer shall not employ an employee for a work period of more than five hours per […]
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Personal InjuryTort law
November 11, 2022By Jose Rodriguez-Lage
On April 29, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that when determining whether an accident that occurred on a commercial flight was unexpected or unforeseen, the inquiry should focus on the expectations of “the average reasonable traveler.”[i] On September 14, 2018, Jennifer Moore (“Ms. Moore”) arrived in London from […]
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