Airlines sued for sharing fare data (seattletimes.com)
Two travelers filed a proposed class action lawsuit in Seattle federal court against seven major airlines and the Airline Tariff Publishing Company. The complaint alleges that ATPCO’s 2023 rollout of AI-driven real-time fare tracking tools allowed carriers to view competitors’ nonpublic discounts, violating antitrust laws. American Airlines denied the claims, stating it prices products independently.
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This Seattle filing is the second ATPCO information-exchange complaint in three days. Brown et al. v. ATPCO was filed November 2 in the Eastern District of Virginia against ATPCO, 3Victors, and five carriers (American, Delta, Southwest, Alaska, and JetBlue). [1] Both cases focus on a post-2023 give-to-get feed of nonpublic dynamic offers rather than ATPCO's long-standing public fare filings; when ATPCO bought 3Victors in December 2023, its CEO said the shift from static filings to dynamic offers would leave a "gap in the current data to maintain accurate pricing." [2]
[1] dockets.justia.com/docket/virginia/vaedce/1:2026cv03646/609463
[2] phocuswire.com/atpco-acquires-travel-data-analytics-startup-3victors