Judge approves BA / Virgin price fixing settlement
26.04.08
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will pay transatlantic passengers a combined £110 million to settle a lawsuit that accused them of colluding on fuel surcharges, according to an agreement granted preliminary approval on Friday.
US District Court Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted tentative approval for the two airlines to refund one-third of the surcharge paid by each of the airlines' transatlantic passengers between August 11, 2004 and March 23, 2006. He has scheduled a hearing for September 12 to make his decision permanent.
The class action lawsuit represents 5.1 million passengers who bought tickets in the UUK and another 2.1 million passengers who purchased tickets in the US.
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