News / Final carrier settles and air cargo antirust case ends – a decade after first complaint of price-fixing

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The huge civil air cargo antitrust case has finally ended, 10 years after a complaint was first filed and just before the trial was scheduled to begin.

Air India has become the final carrier to settle in litigation which netted more than $1.2bn in compensation. It means there are now no defendants left to face trial in September.

Air India agreed a $12.5m settlement, following last week’s Air New Zealand announcement it would offer $35m to settle the case against it. Both offers are subject to ...