American-Qantas alliance wins final approval after JetBlue voiced concerns

American Airlines and Qantas Airways won final approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to form a joint business, meaning the pair can offer flights between the U.S. and Oceania countries of Australia and New Zealand.
The pair won tentative approval of the venture in June, and the DOT has spent the past month reviewing comments it received in regard to the partnership.One carrier, JetBlue Airways Corp. (Nasdaq: JBLU), didn't go as far to say it objected to the partnership between Amer