Court Ruling Revives a US Airways Antitrust Case Against Sabre
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A federal appeals court has asked for a partial do-over in antitrust litigation between US Airways and travel tech firm Sabre. After more than eight years and millions of dollars in expenses, the case has partly been reset to square one. Remarkable.
A U.S. appeals court breathed new life into an eight-year-old US Airways federal antitrust complaint against global distribution system provider Sabre.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York on Wednesday reversed the Southern District of New York's earlier dismissal of two counts in the lawsuit by US Airways, which merged with American Airlines in 2013. The airline alleged that Sabre conspired with Amadeus and Travelport to monopolize distribution services to travel agencies in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, among other accusations.
The appeals court agreed with the lower court that it was correct to limit the damages that US Airways could collect from Sabre to $15.3 million, and the appeals court decided to remand the case back to the district court for further proceedings, including the possibility of a new trial, on the allegation that Sab
