Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane has approved two antitrust settlements between American Airlines Inc., Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Travelport Ltd., ending a two-year legal battle, the Dallas Morning News reported today. In April, American and Orbitz settled their legal dispute over ticket distribution. In March, American settled claims that Travelport colluded with other reservation systems to stifle competition in providing flight data to travelers and agreed to a new distribution agreement. Both settlements required approval of the bankruptcy court in American and its parent AMR Corp.’s chapter 11 reorganization. Terms of the settlements were not released, and Judge Lane granted AMR's request to seal the settlements and Travelport agreement and redact the confidential information from the Travelport agreement,” according to court documents filed on Thursday.
