Cambridge Aviation Research Blog

As the title of our new report suggests, we expect a relatively easy antitrust review for the proposed Southwest-AirTran merger.  But while researching "Southwest's proposed merger with AirTran likely to pass antitrust review," our analysis of the two carriers' overlap markets surfaced a few areas of concern worth highlighting: read more>>

Our recent Quick Take report, "Antitrust Concerns Unlikely to Derail Proposed United-Continental Merger", studies the impact of this proposed merger on competition at the industry, airport, and route levels. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to quantify increases in market concentration and applying the Department of Justice's published guidelines, we "red-flag" fewer airports and routes for this merger than for the just-completed Delta-Northwest combination. read more>>