Qantas Airways

1. Northwest To Pay $38M In Cargo Price-Fixing Probe

Friday, Jul 30, 2010

Northwest Airlines has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $38 million fine for its role in a price-fixing conspiracy for international air cargo rates that has ensnared the industry and prompted 15 other airlines to cop deals.

2. BA Pulls 32 Airlines Into UK Air Cargo Cartel Case

Friday, Jul 23, 2010

British Airways PLC has pulled 32 other airlines into a U.K. case seeking damages for the alleged air cargo cartel that has spawned a bevy of antitrust investigations and hundreds of millions of dollars in fines worldwide.

3. Korea Fines 19 Airlines In Air Cargo Cartel Probe

Thursday, May 27, 2010

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has reportedly fined 19 airlines, including Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM SA, a total of about $98 million for their role in an air cargo cartel that has spurred government investigations around the world.

4. Canadian Competition And Foreign Investment Issues

Thursday, May 27, 2010

In Canada, the major story in 2009 was amendments to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act that will fundamentally change the face of compliance and enforcement in the years ahead. In addition, there were several other developments that could signal greater enforcement of competition law in Canada. U.S. companies doing business here should be aware, say Anthony F. Baldanza and Mark D. Magro of Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP.

5. Australia Names 2 More In Air Cargo Cartel Probe

Monday, May 17, 2010

The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission has initiated proceedings against Air New Zealand Ltd. and Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd. for alleged price-fixing in the air cargo industry, bringing the number of airlines named in the ACCC's cartel probe to 15.

6. Australia Says Malaysia Airlines Fixed Cargo Prices

Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010

Malaysia Airlines has become the latest airline to be hit with a suit by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for alleged price-fixing in the international air cargo industry.

7. Australian Cargo Price-Fixing Probe Snags Korean Air

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. has become the latest airline to be targeted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as part of its probe into price-fixing in the air cargo industry.

8. Convicted Airline Execs Hit With Price-Fixing Suits

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

Benchmark Export Services, FTS International Express Inc. and other shipping companies are suing two convicted former airline executives from Qantas Airways Ltd. and Martinair for conspiring to fix surcharges given to air freight customers.

9. Australia Looks To Reauthorize Qantas, BA Pact

Thursday, Feb 04, 2010

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has tentatively decided to let Qantas Airways Ltd. and British Airways PLC continue their 14-year-old joint service agreement for another five years, saying that it isn't likely to harm competition.

10. Class Members Appeal $85M Lufthansa Air Cargo Deal

Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009

With the ink barely dry on an $85 million settlement between Lufthansa AG and plaintiffs in the massive multidistrict litigation accusing a host of air cargo shipping service providers of a worldwide price-fixing scheme, two class members have stepped forward to appeal the deal.

11. Australia Slaps Thai Airways With Air Cargo Cartel Suit

Thursday, Oct 29, 2009

Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd. has become the latest airline to get hit with a lawsuit by Australia's competition regulator as part of a long-running investigation into cartel activity in the international air cargo industry.

12. Singapore Airlines Loses Appeal Over Docs Order

Friday, Oct 02, 2009

Singapore Airlines Pte Ltd. has lost a second attempt to contest the validity of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission notices demanding documents related to its ongoing probe of cartel activity in the air cargo industry, according to the agency.

13. Lufthansa's $85M Settlement OK'd In Air Shipping MDL

Monday, Sep 28, 2009

A federal judge has granted final approval for an $85 million settlement, including more than $14.3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses, between Lufthansa AG and plaintiffs in the massive multidistrict litigation that accused a host of air cargo shipping service companies of a worldwide price-fixing scheme.

14. PT Garuda Faces Australian Air Cargo Cartel Suit

Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009

PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd. has become the latest airline to be hit with a lawsuit by Australia's competition regulator as part of a long-running probe into cartel activity in the international air cargo industry.

15. Judge OKs Price-Fixing Claims In Air Cargo MDL

Monday, Aug 24, 2009

Citing Twombly, a federal judge overseeing multidistrict antitrust litigation against a group of major airlines has kept alive the action's Sherman Act claims despite a magistrate judge's recommendation that they be tossed, saying the plaintiffs established plausible grounds to allege an agreement among the carriers to fix air cargo prices.

16. Australia Hits Emirates With Air Cargo Cartel Suit

Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009

Emirates has become the latest airline to face a lawsuit by Australia's competition regulator as part of an ongoing investigation into cartel activity in the international air cargo industry.

17. 12 New Airlines Added To Trans-Pacific Air MDL

Thursday, Aug 06, 2009

British Airways, Air France, China Airlines Ltd. and several other major airlines have been added as defendants to a passenger air transportation antitrust action alleging a global conspiracy to fix prices on long-haul trans-Pacific flights, effectively doubling the number of companies currently implicated in the massive multidistrict litigation.

18. Canada Air Cargo Antitrust Probe Nets Qantas Plea

Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009

Canada's Competition Bureau has secured a fourth guilty plea stemming from its investigation into an air cargo price-fixing scheme, with Qantas Airways Ltd. admitting to fixing surcharges on air cargo on certain routes from Canada.

19. ACCC Sues Cathay Pacific In Air Cargo Cartel Probe

Thursday, Apr 30, 2009

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has become the latest airline targeted in a lawsuit by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as part of an ongoing probe into cartel activity in the air cargo industry.

20. 4th Exec Takes Deal In DOJ Cargo Price-Fixing Probe

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009

A former vice president at Martinair Holland NV has become the fourth executive to accept a plea deal in the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into a price-fixing conspiracy for international air cargo rates that has already led to guilty pleas or settlements from 15 airlines and more than $1.6 billion in fines.