AIR CARGO ANTITRUST SETTLEMENTS U.S. District Court NY ED 1:06-md-01775
Overview: Plaintiffs allege that Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain, or stabilize prices of Airfreight Shipping Services by, among other things, coordinating surcharges (such as fuel and security surcharges) and by agreeing to eliminate or prevent discounting of surcharges. They claim that purchasers paid more for Airfreight Shipping Services than they otherwise would have paid.
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Class: All persons or entities (but excluding Defendants, their parents, predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, affiliates, as well as government entities) who purchased Airfreight Shipping Services for shipments to, from or within the United States directly from any of the Settling Defendants, any other Defendant, or from any of their parents, predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, or affiliates, at any time during the period January 1, 2000 up to and including September 11, 2006. Airfreight Shipping Services are defined as paid private air transport of freight or other cargo by an airline acting as a provider of such services
Defendants: AC Cargo LP EVA Airways Corporation Aerolineas Brasileiras A.A (Absa) Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. Air Canada Kenya Airways Limited Air China Cargo Company Ltd. KLM Air China Ltd. Korean Airlines Co., Ltd. Air India Lan Airlines S.A. (Lan Chile) Air Mauritius Ltd. Lan Cargo S.A. Airways Corp. Of New Zealand Ltd. Lufthansa Cargo AG Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. Malaysia Airlines All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Martinair Holland N.V. American Airlines, Inc. Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. AMR Corporation Polar Air Cargo, Inc. Asiana Airlines, Inc. Qantas Airways Ltd. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. SAS Cargo Group A/S British Airways PLC Saudi Arabian Airlines, Ltd. Cargolux Airlines International S.A. Scandinavian Airlines System Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. Singapore Airlines Cargo PTE, Ltd. China Airlines, Ltd. Singapore Airlines, Ltd. DAS Air Ltd. (DAS Air Cargo) Société Air France Deutsche Lufthansa AG South African Airways (Proprietary), Ltd. El Al Israel Airlines Swiss International Air Lines, Ltd. Emirates Airlines Thai Airways International Public Co., Ltd. Ethiopian Airlines Corp. Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, S.A. (Varig)
Settlements: $1,188,407,442
Lufthansa: 85,000,000 Air France/KLM/Martinair: 87,000,000 American Airlines: 5,000,000 Japan Airlines: 12,000,000 SAS: 13,930,000 All Nippon Airways: 10,400,000 Cargolux: 35,100,000 Qantas: 26,500,000 Thai Airways: 3,500,000 British Airways: 89,512,000 LAN/ABSA: 66,000,000 Malaysia Airlines: 3,200,000 South African Airways: 3,290,000 Saudia: 14,000,000 Emirates: 7,833,000 El Al Israel Airlines: 15,800,000 Air Canada: 7,500,000 Korean Air: 115,000,000 Singapore Air: 92,492,442 Cathay Pacific: 65,000,000 China Airlines: 90,000,000 EVA Air: 99,000,000 Nippon Cargo: 36,350,000 Asiana Airlines: 55,000,000 Polar Air: 100,000,000 Air China: 50,000,000
Filing Deadline: Not Yet Established
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