Someone just did something about the ‘stranglehold’ on airline competition

Yesterday, my colleague Kendall Creighton asked if the big three airlines have a “stranglehold” on three New York area airports.

She noted that Virgin America, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant Air, Spirit Airlines and Alaska Airlines sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration and the US Department of Transportation, complaining about the “vise grip” on hundreds of takeoff and landing slots in New York.

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