DOT OKs Oneworld Antitrust Immunity With Conditions

By Melissa Lipman

Law360, New York (February 16, 2010, 5:09 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has tentatively granted antitrust immunity for the Oneworld Alliance and proposed allowing British Airways PLC, American Airlines Inc. and Iberia LAE SA to jointly manage some routes between the U.S. and Europe as long as the carriers give up some slots at London's Heathrow Airport.

The DOT proposal would force the airlines to make four pairs of takeoff and landing slots at Heathrow available to competitors offering U.S.-London service, which would “offset the potential loss in competition that results from combining...
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