Aviation LawFeaturedFederal Law
November 4, 2024By Alfredo Soto
In recent years, the airline industry has been under a magnifying glass regarding its refund policies, particularly during flight disruptions caused by COVID-19. The prior policy by the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) frequently left passengers at the mercy of airline carrier discretion when flights were canceled or seriously delayed, forcing many to accept non-refundable vouchers […]
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Aviation LawFeaturedFederal LawMental Health
April 16, 2024By Rosanne Sherman
There is an elephant in the cockpit. Pilots have described the elephant as “at best humiliating or embarrassing, at worst the end of our flying careers.”[i] The “elephant” is mental illness, which the general public has universally stigmatized. There is an increasing number of pilots flying while suffering from an untreated mental illness that […]
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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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