I always struggle to understand this price fixing thing !
Is it not a normal part of everyday business ?!?
I am convinced everyone does it. Your local supermarket will be working hand in hand with it's rivals and partners. One week the butter is on special in one of them and the next the bread is down in price at another. You cant seriously expect them all NOT to be talking to each other to make a fast buck on the consumers. (Was there not an issue with the milk price being driven down by supermarkets in the UK a while ago !?!)
I'm pretty sure this applies to pretty much every industry.
As far as the fining of airlines is concerned, I think its a case of governments jumping on the band wagon, trying to make some more money for themselves at the expense of the airlines, and using the media to make it look like fraud.
Might be completely wrong here, but why are other industries not attacked for this sort of thing too ?
Maybe someone with better knowledge of this can help to explain
