Delta, Virgin Get U.S. Approval to Align Trans-Atlantic Fares
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Delta Air Lines Inc. and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., the carrier majority owned by billionaire Richard Branson, won U.S. antitrust immunity to let them coordinate fares and schedules on flights across the Atlantic.
Today’s approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation lets the airlines combine their networks and complete a commercial relationship driven by Delta’s June purchase of a 49 percent stake in the U.K. carrier. No other airlines opposed the tie-up, the DOT said today in a filing.