{"id":167564,"date":"2024-08-13T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=167564"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:04:00","slug":"judge-throws-out-consumer-lawsuit-over-alaska-airlines-hawaiian-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/08\/judge-throws-out-consumer-lawsuit-over-alaska-airlines-hawaiian-merger.html","title":{"rendered":"Judge throws out consumer lawsuit over Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian merger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block Alaska Airlines\u2019 plan to buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion, a deal the consumer plaintiffs said would cut routes and raise prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii in a Monday order, said the airline passengers who brought the case had not shown they have legal standing to sue over the merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey allege no personal connection to either airline that would plausibly establish a concrete or particularized harm,\u201d Watson wrote in his order dismissing the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Alaska Airlines launches routes to two Mexican destinations from Los Angeles<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska Airlines in a statement said it welcomed the decision, and said the merger will “expand benefits and choice for consumers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An attorney for the consumers, Joseph Alioto, on Tuesday said they would ask a U.S. appeals court to block the airlines’ merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The merger, announced last year, still faces U.S. regulatory review by the U.S. Justice Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Alaska and Hawaiian said they were cooperating with the DOJ probe and had agreed to extend the review period until Aug. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight airline passengers from Hawaii, California and other states sued to stop the Alaskan Airlines deal in April, arguing it would violate U.S. antitrust law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their lawsuit said \u201cthe current trend toward concentration, the lessening of competition and the tendency to create a monopoly in the airlines industry is unmatched, unparalleled, and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest U.S. carrier, countered that the merger would give customers greater access to more travel destinations. It called the plaintiffs \u201cserial litigants\u201d who presented \u201cboilerplate\u201d claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With information from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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