This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@juno.com. /-------------------- advertisement -----------------------\ Share the spirit with a gift from Starbucks. Our coffee brewers & espresso machines at special holiday prices. http://www.starbucks.com/shop/subcategory.asp?category_name=Sale/Clearance&ci=274&cookie_test=1 \----------------------------------------------------------/ U.S. Allows Delta Pact With 3 Airlines January 19, 2002 By THE ASSOCITED PRESS WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (AP) - The Transportation Department said today that Delta Air Lines (news/quote) and three foreign airlines could coordinate flights, set fares and sell one another's tickets. The decision gives Delta, Air France, the Italian carrier Alitalia and Czech Airlines immunity from United States antitrust laws. The airlines will remain independent. The agreement would allow a passenger to board a Europe- bound Delta flight in the United States, then seamlessly switch to one of the European carriers to complete the journey. The only limit on the decision involves flights between Paris and both Atlanta and Cincinnati, because of Delta's dominant role at airports in those two cities. In those cases, the airlines cannot work together to set fares for unrestricted coach-class, business or first-class passengers who buy tickets in the United States for nonstop flights. The United States has so-called open skies agreements with France, Italy and the Czech Republic, allowing other airlines to offer flights between American cities and those countries without getting government approval. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/19/business/19DELT.html?ex=1012454248&ei=1&en=45e8e346228dde7d HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact Alyson Racer at alyson@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@nytimes.com. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company