American Airlines Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling Blocking JetBlue Alliance

The first Trump administration approved the business arrangement just before leaving office, but the Biden administration sued months later.

An American Airlines airplane lands near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington on Jan. 31, 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters

American Airlines is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked a now-abandoned partnership with JetBlue Airways on federal antitrust law grounds.

The petition in American Airlines Group Inc. v. United States was docketed, or officially accepted for filing, on March 3. At least four of the nine justices must vote to grant the petition for it to move forward to the oral argument stage.