יום שבת, 5 במרץ 2011

21 airlines fined for fixing passenger, cargo fees (AP)

FILE - In this April 14, 2010, file photo a man walks by corporate signs of the Korean Air Lines Co. headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. According to federal prosecutors, when the airline industry took a nose dive a decade ago industry executives tried to fix it, with a massive price-fixing scheme among airlines the world over, that artificially inflated passenger and cargo fuel surcharges to help companies make up for lost profits.  Convicted airlines include British Airways, Korean Air, and Air France-KLM. No major U.S. carriers have been charged. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)AP - When the airline industry took a nose dive a decade ago, executives at global carriers scrambled to find a quick fix to avoid financial ruin.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110305/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airline_price_fixing

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