ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
OnSeptember 21, 2021 , theUnited States Department of Justice ("DOJ"), joined by Attorneys General from six states and theDistrict of Columbia , filed an antitrust complaint againstAmerican Airlines Group Inc. ("American") and JetBlue Airways Corporation ("JetBlue") alleging that American and JetBlue violatedU.S. antitrust laws in connection with the previously disclosedNortheast Alliance ("NEA") arrangement. American believes the complaint is without merit and will defend itself vigorously. Also onSeptember 21, 2021 , theUnited States Department of Transportation ("DOT") published a Clarification Notice relating to the agreement that had been reached between the DOT, American, and JetBlue inJanuary 2021 , at the conclusion of DOT's review of theNortheast Alliance ("DOT Agreement"). The DOT Clarification Notice stated, among other things, that the DOT Agreement remains in force during the pendency of the DOJ action and, while the DOT retains independent statutory authority to prohibit unfair methods of competition in air transportation, the DOT intends to defer to DOJ to resolve the antitrust concerns that DOJ has identified with respect to the NEA. DOT simultaneously published a Notice Staying Proceeding in relation to a complaint by Spirit Airlines, Inc. regarding the NEA, pending resolution of the DOJ action described above.
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