antitrust
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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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JAPAN: Japan Airlines submits antitrust immunity apps
Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan, seeking antitrust immunity with American Airlines (AA) to enable the two to enter a Joint Business Agreement (JBA) and cooperate more cl…
01 July 2010
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KOREA: Antitrust regulators hit Korean, Asiana
Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines will be subject to fines of KRW10.4 billion (US$9.2 million) and KRW640 million respectively for engaging in anticompetitive practices to hurt smaller Korean carriers, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission announc…
01 April 2010
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AMERICAS: Continental to join Star Alliance in Oct
Continental Airlines said this week that it expected to join the Star Alliance on 27 October, three days after leaving the rival SkyTeam grouping. The Houston-based carrier has managed to maintain its schedule for the transfer–the first defection …
01 September 2009
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Virgin points to oneworld “monster monopolyâ€
Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson has said that the US Dept. of Transportation's granting American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA) and other oneworld carriers antitrust immunity on transatlantic services "would create a monster monopoly on ke…
20 May 2009
