CELEX: 62018TA0430
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-430/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — American Airlines v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Air transport market — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement — Commitments — Decision granting Grandfathering rights — Error of law — Concept of appropriate use)

15.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 53/32
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — American Airlines v Commission
      (Case T-430/18) (1)
      
      (Competition - Concentrations - Air transport market - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Commitments - Decision granting Grandfathering rights - Error of law - Concept of appropriate use)
      (2021/C 53/42)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: American Airlines, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, United States) (represented by: J.-P. Poitras, Solicitor, J. Ruiz Calzado and J. Wileur, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Franchoo, H. Leupold and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware (United States) (represented by: M. Demetriou, QC, C. Angeli and I. Giles, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2018) 2788 final of 30 April 2018 granting Grandfathering rights to Delta Air Lines (Case M.6607 — US Airways/American Airlines).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders American Airlines, Inc. to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Delta Air Lines, Inc. to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 319, 10.9.2018.