Juan Pablo Spinetto, Columnist

Mexico’s Cheeky Airline Merger Is an Anti-Trust Nightmare

February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC

JP Spinetto is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Latin American business, economic affairs and politics. He was previously Bloomberg News’ managing editor for economics and government in the region.

Bigger is not necessarily better.
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Imagine your company controls 70% of a market. Any market. Tasty, right? For most tycoons, that would be the ultimate fantasy.

In modern economies, though, such dominance is an oddity. It would set off alarms at any serious antitrust authority and provoke instant backlash from rivals and consumer groups alike.