Major broadside fired back at American Airlines today by Travelport as it finally reacts to the antitrust lawsuit filed against it and Orbitz last month.
In documents filed at the District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth, Travelport slams the airline’s lawsuit as “not a genuine antitrust action brought by consumers suffering from excessive or artificial prices increases”.
The damage alone to Orbitz from “bullying” by AA has been substantial, Travelport claims, with the online travel agency losing more than half of its market capitalisation in the past six months.
Read the full story at:http://www.tnooz.com/2011/05/25/news/travelport-comes-down-hard-on-american-airlines-over-antitrust-case/