DoJ backs ending Delta, Aeromexico venture

Open race: An Aeromexico aircraft at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City. Washington is threatening to revoke antitrust immunity for Delta Air and Aeromexico, and demands Mexico address anti-competitive behaviour. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: Delta Air Lines Inc and Grupo Aeromexico should lose antitrust protection that allows the carriers to plan and price flights jointly, the US Justice Department (DoJ) says in a filing.

The agency cited evidence it said suggested that restrictive and possibly discriminatory policies by the government of Mexico have limited competition.