April 13, 2018
Air passengers asked the full Eleventh Circuit on Friday to revisit a recent decision rejecting multidistrict litigation alleging Delta and AirTran Airways colluded to institute a first checked baggage fee, saying the panel wrongfully created a template for lawful collusion by ruling in favor of the airlines.
March 12, 2018
In a one-sentence order Friday, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Georgia federal judge's summary judgment for Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. in passengers' long-running multidistrict litigation alleging the airlines colluded to institute a fee on first-checked bags.
September 11, 2017
Antitrust advocates urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to overturn a lower court's decision that allowed Delta and AirTran to escape from a suit brought by passengers who alleged that the airlines colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee, arguing that failing to do so could encourage other companies to exploit a legal gap.
September 05, 2017
Air passengers alleging Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee asked an Eleventh Circuit panel on Friday to reverse the airlines' summary judgment win, saying that they negotiated their agreement, in part, in public.