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Delta Air Lines Inc. opposes antitrust immunity for American Airlines' proposed trans-Atlantic venture with British Airways Plc unless the two carriers give up ''significant'' flight slots at London's Heathrow Airport.
''While we support it generally, American Airlines and British Airways need to give up enough slots and gates so that everybody has unfettered access at Heathrow,'' Delta Chief Executive Richard Anderson said Friday. ''We've got to have open and free access.''
AMR Corp.'s American and British Airways are seeking U.S. antitrust approval to coordinate prices, capacity, schedules and routes and share revenue on Europe-North America flights. Delta has similar immunity with Air France-KLM, Europe's largest carrier, and some other members of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Delta wants access at Heathrow for a competitive number of daily flights.
