Order 99-7-22 - American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways PLC - Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance Agreeemnts

Order 99-7-22

American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways PLC

Order 99-7-22
OST-97-2058
OST-97-2054
OST-97-2055
OST-97-2056
OST-97-2057

Issued and Served July 30, 1999

Order Terminating Proceedings

Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance Agreeemnts / Exemptions, Certificate Authority / Undocketed Air Carrier Permit Authority and Statements of Authorization

Throughout the course of these proceedings we have maintained that the public interest requires an Open-Skies agreement with the United Kingdom meeting the criteria described above. We now understand that the United Kingdom has not made sufficient progress internally in resolving the issue of London airport access to permit the continuation of productive negotiation of such an Open-Skies agreement. In these circumstances it is clear that the fundamental predicate for processing the captioned applications no longer exists. Against this background, we are dismissing the applications and terminating the proceedings in the referenced dockets.

By: Bradley Mims