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Australia's High Court rules in favour of competition regulator in air cargo cartel case

14 Jun 2017 21:19:48

aircargonews.net

Price fixing agreements entered into between Air New Zealand (Air NZ), Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) and other international airlines, breached Australia’s competition law, the High Court of Australia has found.


The ruling, on airline agreements in place between 2002 and 2006, is the latest legal twist in an action started seven years ago by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).


The principal issue on appeal was whether there was a market "in Australia" for the air cargo services for which the airlines competed for the purposes of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA"). The High Court held that the findings of fact made by the primary judge led to the conclusion that there was such a market.


Read full story: aircargonews.net

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