April 15, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Tuesday it may seek an injunction temporarily blocking Sabre's $360 million purchase of Farelogix because the airline booking service companies, already successful against a U.S. merger challenge, won't commit to giving advance notice to closing the deal if they beat a U.K. challenge.
April 09, 2020
British competition authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice are moving forward with separate challenges to the $360 million proposed merger of airline booking service companies Sabre Corp. and Farelogix Inc.
April 08, 2020
Pointing to “simply unpersuasive” testimony by a key government expert, a federal judge in Delaware has rejected the Justice Department’s Clayton Act suit to block a $360 million merger of airline booking service companies Sabre Corp. and Farelogix Inc.
February 06, 2020
A U.S. Justice Department attorney argued for a flexible court view Thursday on which markets are threatened by a $360 million merger of booking services giant Sabre Corp. and Farelogix Inc., at the close of an eight-day trial in Delaware seeking a permanent injunction barring the move.
February 04, 2020
Airline booking service giant Sabre Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice resorted to a video deposition dogfight in a Delaware federal courtroom Tuesday that painted opposite portraits of Farelogix Inc. in the government's effort to block Sabre's $360 million acquisition of the company on antitrust grounds.
February 03, 2020
A U.S. Justice Department attorney pressed a Sabre Corp. officer Monday on a major client's inquiry about whether the travel booking service giant was buying Farelogix Inc. "to kill it" as a federal antitrust trial moved toward closing.
January 30, 2020
A U.S. Department of Justice expert witness warned of harm to airlines and consumers Thursday if travel technology giant Sabre Corp. moves ahead with a proposed $360 million acquisition of industry innovator Farelogix Inc., midway through a nine-day antitrust trial in Delaware.
January 27, 2020
A United Airlines executive testified Monday that he viewed global booking agent Sabre Corp.'s acquisition of potential competitor Farelogix Inc. as "the stuff of nightmares" during the first day of a planned nine-day federal antitrust trial in Delaware.
January 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to highlight anti-competitive comments by airline booking service giant Sabre Corp.'s own employees Monday as a nine-day antitrust dogfight opens in Delaware over Sabre's planned $360 million purchase of competitor Farelogix Inc. branded by authorities as an attempt to eradicate a rival.
September 10, 2019
Sabre Corp. struck back on Tuesday against an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to block its planned $360 million acquisition of airline booking company Farelogix Inc., saying the government's case is "riddled with errors."