The airlines filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that the DOJ and six states filed in September over their alliance.
that the Justice Department and six states filed over the carriers' partnership in the Northeast.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts in September, alleges that the airlines' so-called Northeast Partnership, violates antitrust law, would reduce competition in the region and could drive up airfares and lower service quality. That partnership lets American and JetBlue sell each other's flights to and from the Northeast U.S., including usually congested airports in Boston and the New York City area. The airlines had argued that the partnership, approved at the end of the Trump administration, would allow them to better compete against