Company Watch - United Airlines.Edited by Aram Gesar, edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, data, analysis and features, please go to: http://www.AirGuideOnline.com/professional.htm Sep 18, 2006 Cargo pricing suits resolved for American, United. United Airlines and American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the say they will settle class-action lawsuits related to cargo shipments. The lawsuits alleged price fixing price fixing n. a criminal violation of federal anti-trust statutes, in which several competing businesses reach a secret agreement (conspiracy) to set prices for their products to prevent real competition and keep the public from benefiting from price competition. , but the carriers say they were never accused by government agencies or found liable in civil suits. The agreements do not require the two airlines to make payments. Sep 14, 2006 NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , United study "throttles-only control". NASA, United Airlines and the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States are developing guidelines for flight crews to operate disabled jetliners using "throttles-only control." The technique requires no modification to the aircraft, so there are no costs involved, noted NASA Dryden PCAR PCAR Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape PCAR Post Contract Award Review project manager Jennifer Cole. Sep 11, 2006 United Airlines and American Airlines said they have reached settlements in lawsuits filed in US courts seeking damages for alleged price-fixing related to air cargo transport, but both carriers claimed no payments will be made. The disclosure comes on the heels of Lufthansa's admission that it agreed to pay $85 million to settle a string of lawsuits filed in US courts after the revelation of a multinational probe examining alleged anticompetitive an·ti·com·pet·i·tive adj. That discourages competition among businesses: anticompetitive foreign trade restrictions. practices in the setting of fuel and security surcharges on air cargo shipments. The results of that investigation have not been revealed, but AA and UA claim they were not targeted. Both carriers declined to give details of the settlements but said their liability in the civil lawsuits will end with the apparently nonmonetary agreements, which are subject to court approval. Sep 15, 2006 |
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