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The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) officially submitted its response to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry into air travel competition this week.
ASTA said it “welcomed” the opportunity to provide input, noting that travel advisors sell 735,000 air tickets daily and have witnessed the impact of airline consolidation firsthand. This includes Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran, Delta’s merger with Northwest Airlines in 2010, United’s merger with Continental, and American’s acquisition of U.S. Airways three years later.
In its submission, ASTA stated that the domestic air travel market is now “largely oligopolistic,” dominated by just four carriers—American, Delta, Southwest, and United. This dominance, combined with…
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