Captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Tion is pelley good evening. The Obama Administration is putting a ground stop on a deal that would form the Largest Airline in the world. The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit today to try to block the merger of American Airlines and u. S. Airways. Saying that it would hurt consumers. As evidence, the government cites internal memos in which executives of the two airlines say that previous mergers have allowed the industry to raise fees and fares. Publicly, those airlines claim that the deal would be good for travelers. So unless the two sides can settle their differences the merger is flying into court. Here is transportation correspondent sharyl attkisson. Reporter its the first time in 14 years that the federal government has filed a lawsuit. O block an airline merger. U. S. Airways and american announced plans to combine in february. Daryl jenkins is an Airline Industry
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