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broadband circuit
17th Dec 2012, 03:12
Thai Airways fined $7.5m for price-fixing (http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/8581410/thai-airways-fined-7-5m-for-price-fixing)

Thai Airways has admitted to engaging in price-fixing in a global air freight cartel and has been fined $7.5 million in the Federal Court.

The airline, which was one of several pursued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), settled its case and admitted to reaching understandings with other airlines about certain charges for fuel, security and customs between 2001 and 2005.

Qantas, Malaysia Airlines, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Air Cargo and Korean Air Lines have previously been fined for their parts in the price-fixing agreement.

It seems that the management at all airlines are cut from the same cloth.

ETOPS240
17th Dec 2012, 03:58
Erm...

It's pretty difficult to engage in price-fixing on your own, BC.

mr Q
17th Dec 2012, 12:28
CX just cleared of price fixing by the office of fair trading with Virgin on the London HK route
CX were the whistleblowers on the affair but OFT found insufficient evidence.
Perhaps in a spirit of repentance for previous misdeeds CX are admitting to wrongs they did not commit
So maybe they were price fixing all by themselves after all

ETOPS240
18th Dec 2012, 00:10
Or, more accurately, maybe they weren't.