Specific Jurisdiction Established Over Out-of-State Airline Based on Texas Operations Under Multi-State Alliance Agreement

In American Airlines v. JetBlue Airways, the Business Court of Texas denied JetBlue's special appearance challenge, finding that American had pleaded sufficient facts to establish personal jurisdiction over JetBlue in a dispute arising from the Northeast Alliance's profit-sharing agreement. The court held that JetBlue failed to meet its burden to negate all jurisdictional allegations despite arguing its Texas contacts were minimal.