A statement issued by the Commission and the European Commission Tuesday fined 11 carrier air cargo price-fixing, --. The airline was fined a total of 799 million euros, or $ 1.1 billion, to run the organization in all parts of the world affected by the shipping services within the European Economic Area. Carriers are Air Canada, Air France KLM, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Cargolux, Japan Airlines, LAN Chile, Martinair, SAS, Singapore Airlines and Qantas. "It is unfortunate that many of the major airlines coordinated special pricing at the expense of European companies and European consumers," said Joaquin Almunia, the Vice President for European competition, in the statement. He said the decision "sends a clear message that it will not tolerate behavior cartel." Bribes to air cargo security risks caused Related Topics * European Commission The committee said "carriers to coordinate their work on additional charges for fuel and security without discounts o...