Delta Air Lines, et al v. U.S. Department of Transportation

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Case Number:

25-13546

Court:

Appellate - 11th Circuit

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Agency 

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  1. August 20, 2026

    11th Circ. Saves Delta-Aeromexico Joint Venture

    The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday handed Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico a decisive win by vacating a U.S. Department of Transportation order directing them to dismantle their nearly decadelong joint venture, saying the DOT applied a skewed standard and made unsupported findings about the partnership's purported anticompetitive effects.

  2. June 23, 2026

    11th Circ. Mulls DOT Order Scrapping Delta, Aeromexico JV

    The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation sufficiently analyzed the competitive effects of Delta Air Lines' joint venture with Aeromexico — or considered alternative conditions — before ordering the airlines to dismantle their nearly decade-long partnership.

  3. February 19, 2026

    Delta, Aeromexico Urge 11th Circ. To Void DOT Split Order

    Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico urged the Eleventh Circuit to void a U.S. Department of Transportation order directing them to dismantle their joint venture, saying the agency had offered contrived reasoning and scant evidence for purported anticompetitive effects.

  4. November 12, 2025

    11th Circ. Grounds DOT's Delta, Aeromexico JV Split Order

    The Eleventh Circuit Wednesday halted the U.S. Department of Transportation's order directing Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, while the airlines pursue their petition asking the appellate court to void the government's order.

  5. November 04, 2025

    Feds Tell 11th Circ. Delta, Aeromexico Can't Halt JV Split Order

    The Trump administration fired back at Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico's Eleventh Circuit bid to freeze a U.S. Department of Transportation order directing them to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, saying the airlines' contention that it'd be too burdensome to disentangle their networks is overblown.

  6. October 27, 2025

    Delta, Aeromexico Ask 11th Circ. To Halt Feds' JV Split Order

    Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have asked the Eleventh Circuit to freeze a Trump administration order directing them to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, saying their legal challenge should first run its course and that unwinding their complex networks would be "tremendously burdensome."

  7. October 10, 2025

    Delta, Aeromexico Say USDOT Erred In Blocking Partnership

    Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have asked the Eleventh Circuit to vacate the U.S. Department of Transportation's order terminating approval of their joint venture and ordering them to dismantle it by January, according to a petition for review posted to the case docket Friday.