Cargo airlines appeal EC cartel decision again

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Eleven major cargo airlines facing combined fines of €776m are seeking an annulment of a decision concerning cartel behaviour by the European Commission. If they win, it could lead to the fines being quashed or reduced.

The airlines were found to have operated a cargo cartel between 1991 and 2006 and were fined in 2010. But in 2015, the court annulled the decision, owing to a procedural error. However, it did not rule on the existence of the cartel. The commission then ...