News / US air cargo cartel case rumbles on as plaintiffs are granted class action status

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“Hundreds of thousands” of claims against air freight carriers are expected to be filed after a US judge granted class action status in the long-running air cargo cartel case.

Judge John Gleeson ruled  on July 10 that customers who purchased air freight services between January 1 2000 and September 30 2006 could submit a class action against any defendant that had not yet settled.

While there have already been 27 settlements by airlines and forwarders – resulting in damages of more than ...