Court Rejects DOJ Antitrust Challenge in Online Airfare Booking Industry Transaction
Antitrust head Makan Delrahim said DOJ is considering next steps after U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark of Wilmington, Delaware, rejected its complaint that Sabre's purchase of online airfare booking services firm Farelogix would violate the Clayton Act. In the opinion…
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entered Wednesday (docket 19-cv-01548), Stark said the deal wouldn't increase pricing or deter innovation, and DOJ failed to define a proper relevant market. He said he found the department's economic expert unpersuasive, seemingly not knowing much about the airline booking industry, and said the DOJ didn't prove it was entitled to a presumption of competitive harm. Delrahim said the agency is "disappointed."