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Did airlines coordinate to limit capacity?

Season 2015 Episode 1830 | 5m 04s

The Justice Department has begun to investigate several major airlines for possible collusion over keeping fares high. For insight, Hari Sreenivasan turns to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who asked the DOJ to investigate airlines last month.

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