July 14, 2011
The plaintiffs in a New York multidistrict litigation accusing more than two dozen air cargo carriers of conspiring to fix shipping prices said on Thursday that Malaysia Airlines has agreed to settle claims against it for $3.2 million.
June 07, 2011
British Airways PLC agreed Tuesday to pay nearly $90 million to settle claims that it fixed cargo rates while LAN Airlines SA and two subsidiaries will pay $66 million to exit the same New York multidistrict litigation.
June 01, 2011
Plaintiffs in the air cargo price-fixing multidistrict litigation in New York said Tuesday that Air Canada, Lan Airlines SA and other carriers should have to turn over a European Commission decision fining them millions over the same cartel.
April 22, 2011
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. on Thursday asked a New York federal judge overseeing an air cargo price-fixing multidistrict litigation to reconsider an order compelling the company to produce documents relating to an antitrust investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission.
April 13, 2011
A New York federal judge ruled Wednesday that Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc. will have to join an air cargo price-fixing class action alongside a subsidiary that already pled guilty to the plot in a separate case, giving the plaintiffs access to its deep pockets.
February 18, 2011
Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a multidistrict litigation accusing the carrier of participating in a widespread price-fixing plot in the air cargo industry.
January 14, 2011
Qantas Airways Ltd. said Friday it would pay $26.5 million to settle a multidistrict litigation that alleged the Australian airline conspired with others to fix shipping prices for international air cargo.
January 07, 2011
A federal judge has granted Cargolux Airlines International SA initial approval for a $35.1 million deal to settle the multidistrict litigation accusing the carrier of participating in a widespread price-fixing plot in the air cargo industry.
December 13, 2010
On the heels of pleading guilty to related criminal charges, All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. has agreed to pay $10.4 million to settle civil claims against it in a multidistrict litigation alleging widespread price-fixing in the air cargo transport industry.
December 06, 2010
A magistrate judge has granted the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to break into multidistrict litigation alleging a widespread price-fixing conspiracy in the air cargo transport industry in order to push back discovery by several months to allow the agency's criminal investigation to proceed unimpeded.