British Airways Fined $247 Million For Price Fixing
British Airways has been fined $247 million for price-fixing by Britain's Office of Fair Trading with a related U.S. Department of Justice fine set to take the total penalties to be paid to more than $700 million, the firm said Wednesday.
The OFT said BA had admitted colluding with rival Virgin Atlantic Airways to fix passenger fuel surcharges on longhaul flights from August 2004 to January 2006.



Reuters via MSNBC | August 1, 2007 09:50 AM