Diana Moss was quoted in the March 4, 2018 Los Angeles Times story Big U.S. airlines buying overseas; Buying bigger stake in foreign carriers does have several risks.
“From a competition standpoint, it is a clear move to entrench the U.S. legacy airlines’ influence over foreign entry into the U.S.,” said Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit think tank that focuses on competition and consumer choice.
Moss said the financial ties between U.S. and foreign carriers reduce competition and make it more difficult for low-cost rivals such as Norwegian Air to compete on those routes dominated by the partnerships of bigger, established carriers.
