News / DB Schenker sues for $3.3bn in damages from carriers in air freight price cartel

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German logistics provider DB Schenker today revealed that it has launched two civil litigation suits against a number of airlines convicted of anti-trust price-fixing, after failing to reach “acceptable” out of court settlements.

The state-owned company believes it could be in line to receive as much as $3.3bn in damages after filing a case in New York against Air France-KLM, Martinair, Cargolux, SAS, ANA and Qantas, and a second in Cologne against Lufthansa, Qantas, Cargolux, SAS, British Airways, Swiss, LAN, Singapore ...