Air Cargo Antitrust Settlement
Class Eligibility
To be a member of this settlement you must have been a direct purchaser of Airfreight Shipping Services to or from the United States from any of the airlines listed below (or their parents, predecessors, successors, subsidiaries or affiliates) between Jan. 1, 2000 and Sept. 30, 2006.
- Air China Ltd.
- Air China Cargo Company Ltd.
- Air India
- Air New Zealand Ltd.
- Asiana Airlines Inc.
- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc
- Eva Airways Corporation
- Nippon Cargo Airlines Co. Ltd.
- Polar Air Cargo LLC
- Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc.
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Lufthansa Cargo AG
- Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
- All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd.
- American Airlines, Inc.
- AMR Corporation
- Cargolux Airlines International S.A.
- Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.
- Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.
- Martinair Holland N.V.
- Qantas Airways Limited
- SAS Cargo Group A/S
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Société Air France
- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
- AC Cargo LP
- Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A.
- Air Canada
- British Airways Plc
- El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.
- Emirates
- Lan Airlines S.A.
- Lan Cargo S.A.
- Malaysia Airlines
- South African Airways Ltd.
- Saudi Arabian Airlines Ltd.
- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
- China Airlines Ltd.
- Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.
- Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd.
- Singapore Airlines Limited
Estimated Amount
Varies
The amount of your payment will depend on if the purchases were inbound (shipments to the U.S.) or outbound (shipments from the U.S.).
Your Inbound purchases will be valued at 1.625 times the dollar amount of such purchases. No multiplier will apply to outbound purchases.
Your Shipments within the U.S. will only be calculated for Asiana, EVA and Nippon Cargo settlements.
Proof of Purchase
N/A
Yes
Case Name
In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation,MDL No. 1775 Master File 06-MD-1775 (BMC) (VVP),District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Case Summary
According to the plaintiffs of this lawsuit certain airlines engaged in price-fixing schemes by including surcharges, such as security and fuel fees, furthermore they agreed to eliminate certain discounts for Airfreight Shipping Services.Due to this alleged conspiracy, plaintiffs claimed they paid more for services that they would have paid otherwise
There is a mutual agreement to settle
Settlement Pool
$1.236 billion
pending final approval
Settlement Website
Deadline
09/09/2016
Contact
Air Cargo Settlement 5
c/o Garden City Group, LLC
P.O. Box 10083
Dublin, OH 43017-6683
1-855-382-6460
administrator@aircargosettlement5.com