Japan Airlines Snubs Delta, Sticks With American

By Leigh Kamping-Carder

Law360, New York (February 09, 2010, 4:21 PM ET) -- Calling a proposed partnership with Delta Air Lines Inc. and SkyTeam too disruptive to its restructuring efforts, Japan Airlines Corp. decided Tuesday to continue its alliance with American Airlines Inc. and Oneworld, and intends to seek antitrust immunity for expanded trans-Pacific operations.

In the coming days, Japan Airlines and American will file a joint application for antitrust immunity with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, the airlines said. Clearance from regulators would allow the carriers to...
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