SEATTLE -- (Business Wire)
Attorney Advertising. Keller
Rohrback L.L.P. has filed an antitrust
class action lawsuit against the four largest commercial airlines in
the United States — American Airlines (NasdaqGS:AAL),
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL),
Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV),
and United Airlines (NYSE:UAL)
— claiming that the airlines and their co-conspirators conspired to
raise the prices of air passenger transportation services for flights
within the United States.
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Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Files Suit Regarding Possible Airline Price-Fixing. (Photo: Business Wire)
According to the complaint,
filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California, as a result of several airline mergers beginning in 2008,
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United
Airlines now control approximately 80% of the domestic air passenger
seats. During that period, they have taken steps to limit capacity
growth in order to keep air fares artificially high.
The complaint claims that with jet fuel prices dropping by 40 percent
since last year, ticket prices should have followed. That they didn’t
was the result of the airlines’ anticompetitive activities in violation
of federal antitrust laws, including the Sherman and Clayton Acts.
The lawsuit seeks damages for individuals who have purchased airline
tickets at artificially high prices due to the airlines alleged
agreement to restrict capacity.
Keller Rohrback’s Mark
Griffin relays, “The airline industry was deregulated to allow
travelers to benefit from free and fair competition in the marketplace.
We believe that consumers are not enjoying these benefits today because
of the conduct alleged in our complaint.”
If you are concerned that you overpaid for airfare, please contact
attorney Mark
A. Griffin at 800.776.6044 or via email at antitrust@kellerrohrback.com.
Keller Rohrback L.L.P., with offices in Seattle, Phoenix, New York, and
Santa Barbara, serves as lead and co-lead counsel in class actions
throughout the country. Our Complex Litigation Group is proud to offer
its expertise to clients nationwide, and our trial lawyers have obtained
judgments and settlements on behalf of clients in excess of seven
billion dollars.
Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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Contacts:
Keller Rohrback L.L.P.
Mark
A. Griffin, Attorney
800-776-6044
antitrust@kellerrohrback.com
www.krcomplexlit.com
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