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How to process the tide of Trump news Southwest Airlines Wants the Department of Transportation to "Put America First"

2 Feb 2017 10:57:31

motherjones.com

Southwest Airlines is facing criticism for asking the Department of Transportation to grant it landing rights at Mexico City's international airport because of President Trump's "America First" policy.


In December, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico reached an immunity agreement in an antitrust case with the Department of Transportation wherein they agreed to give up four departure and landing slots at New York's JFK International Airport and 24 slots at Mexico City's Benito Juárez International Airport. The DoT announced it would reassign the slots to low-cost carriers. Three US Airlines (jetBlue, Southwest, Alaska) submitted applications for some of the slots along with three Mexican airlines (InterJet, Volaris, & (VivaAerobús).


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