WASHINGTON (Reuters) – JetBlue Chief Executive Robin Hayes staunchly defended his company’s alliance with larger rival American Airlines on Wednesday, denying the U.S. government’s allegations that the agreement would defang the low-cost carrier.
The U.S. Justice Department, six states and the District of Columbia are urging a federal judge in Boston to force the two carriers to scrap their Northeast Alliance (NEA), calling it a “de facto merger” of their Boston and New York operations in…