The government’s antitrust regulators are quickly approaching the proverbial line drawn in the sand over airline consolidation.
On Tuesday in Boston, Justice Department lawyers are set to lay out their objections to a two-year-old business partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue known as the Northeast Alliance.
It’s a case that could have far-reaching consequences in the airline industry after decades of consolidation shrunk the market to just a handful of viable carriers nationwide.
