American Airlines and four Oneworld partners have withdrawn their application for anti-trust immunity-but they intend to refile it with information requested by the U.S. Transportation Dept. American, Iberia, Finnair, Malev Hungarian and Royal Jordanian filed the application nearly a year ago. When the Transportation Dept. asked for more information, the carriers decided to withdraw the filing and refine it to address the department's questions. No timetable has been set, but the airlines want to forge ahead with anti-trust immunity, particularly in light of similar rights granted to SkyTeam competitors. American and British Airways have admitted having renewed interest in applying for antitrust immunity-a request that was rejected. American says this was not a factor in the withdrawal of the existing application. The carrier adds that it's too early to tell if BA will be included in the five-way application.
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