United Continental Holdings and Delta Air Lines separately have requested that the U.S. Department of Justice dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that challenges the carriers' slot-swap deal at John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports. The suit,
filed in November, said the deal, in which United gains 24 takeoff and landing slots at Newark, gives United too much dominance at the airport, where the carrier already controls nearly three-quarters of the slots. The DOJ must respond to the filings by Feb. 12. A trial is set to begin June 21 if a settlement is not reached in the interim, according to Reuters.