US Department of Justice
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EVA Airways to pay US$13.2 million fine
EVA Airways Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a US$13.2 million criminal fine for its role in a global conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry, the US Department of Justice announced. According to a one-count felony cha…
03 June 2011
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Air India latest to be fingered in cartel probe
India's beleaguered national carrier Air India is now facing a US Department of Justice anti-trust investigation as the latest carrier to be implicated in the global price-fixing scandal on fuel surcharges. The US DOJ has been conducting an on-go…
15 April 2011
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Polar pleads guilty, fined $17 million
Polar Air Cargo, a division of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW), has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division to settle a price fixing charge involving fuel surcharges and cargo rates amongst a group of car…
09 September 2010
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Three more carriers nabbed for price fixing
Three more cargo carriers - Cargolux, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Asiana Airlines - have agreed to pay criminal fines totalling US$214 million for their role in a global price fixing conspiracy. Additionally, Asiana was charged with fixing the passenge…
13 April 2009
