American Airlines plans to appeal a court’s recent ruling that would block its partnership with JetBlue Airways in the Northeast, American CEO Robert Isom said Wednesday.
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A federal judge ruled earlier this month that the airlines’ partnership in the region is anticompetitive and ordered the airlines to cease the alliance.
“We’ve got a legal system that allows for appeal, and we’re going to do that,” Isom said during a Bernstein investor conference. “I think the benefits that we proposed [in the alliance] will ultimately prevail.”
The ruling was a win for President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, which, along with six states and the District of Columbia sued in 2021 to block the partnership, alleging it would hurt competition and consumers.
The airlines had argued that their partnership allows them to better compete against Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in the New York area and Boston. The partnership, approved during the last days of the Trump administration, allows JetBlue and American to coordinate on routes and schedules and share revenue.
JetBlue didn’t immediately comment Wednesday.
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