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A $39.5 million price-fixing class action settlement has been reached with eight out of 13 airlines accused of conspiring to fix the prices of airline tickets for travel between the United States and Asia/Oceania. As a result, ticket purchasers may have paid more than necessary.
If you purchased an airline ticket that included at least one flight between the United States and Asia, Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific Islands, and the airline ticket was purchased from Jan. 1, 2000 and the present, you may be eligible for benefits from the transpacific airline class action settlement.
The settling defendants include: Air France, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, and Vietnam Airlines. However, there are still five non-settling airlines, who are also defendants in this class action lawsuit: Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, China Airlines, EVA Airways and Philippines Airlines.
The consolidated class action lawsuit, called In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1913, was filed in 2009, alleging “a long-running, international conspiracy” by several airlines that fly from the United States to Asia and the region to impose “airfair increases, including surcharge increases, on international air passengers that were in substantial lockstep both in timing and amount.” The class action lawsuit alleged that the airlines violated antitrust laws.
The consolidated transpacific airline class action lawsuit came after several lawsuits were filed against some of the airlines by the U.S. government and investigations by the Justice Department.
The plaintiffs included residents from California, Washington State, New York, Canada and Japan, and the defendants in the initial complaint included 19 airlines.
The airlines in the price-fixing class action lawsuit were charged with violating the The Sherman Act, which includes the federal antitrust laws.
Both the Class Members and the airlines in this class action settlement believe that the terms of the settlement are fair, reasonable, and adequate.
The airlines have agreed to pay $39,502,000 into the settlement fund. There are separate subclasses for each of the named airlines above [see below for more details on who is included in the settlement].
The airlines denies any wrongdoing and say that the class action settlement is not an admission of guilt, but they agreed to the class action settlement to avoid a long and costly legal battle. The price-fixing class action settlement was preliminary approved by a California federal judge on Dec. 15, 2014.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the transpacific airline price-fixing class action settlement include all persons and entities who purchased at least one flight segment between the United States and Asia, Australia, New Zealand, or the Pacific Islands from the defendants or their co-conspirators, predecessor, subsidiary or affiliate any time from Jan. 1, 2000 and the effective date of the settlement, which is the date when the court has entered judgement and time for appeal has expired.
For the Japan Airlines settlement class, flights originating in the United States and Asia/Oceania will apply. For the other settlement classes, only flights originating in the United States apply.
The Defendants and their co-conspirators are:
- Air New Zealand (Non-Settling Defendant);
- All Nippon Airways Company, Limited (Non-Settling Defendant);
- American Airlines, Inc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Asiana Airlines, Inc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- British Airways, Plc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Settling Defendant);
- China Airlines Limited (Taiwan) (Non-Settling Defendant);
- Continental Airlines, Inc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Delta Airlines, Inc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- EV A Airways Corporation (Non-Settling Defendant);
- The International Air Transport Association (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Japan Airlines International Company, Ltd. (Settling Defendant);
- Korean Airlines, Ltd. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Settling Defendant);
- Northwest Airlines Corporation (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Philippine Airlines, Inc. (Non-Settling Defendant);
- Qantas Airways Limited (Settling Defendant);
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Singapore Airlines Limited (Settling Defendant);
- Societe Air France (Settling Defendant);
- Swiss International AG (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Thai Airways International Public Co., Ltd. (Settling Defendant);
- United Airlines, Inc. (Alleged Co-Conspirator);
- Vietnam Airlines Company Limited (Settling Defendant); and
- Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. (Alleged Co-Conspirator).
The specific details of Class Membership are provided below for each Settlement Class:
JAL Settlement Class:
All persons and entities that purchased passenger air transportation that included at least one flight segment between the United States and Asia or Oceania from Defendants, or any predecessor, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof, at any time between January 1, 2000 and the Effective Date.
Air France/Singapore Airlines/Vietnam Airlines Settlement Class:
All persons and entities that purchased passenger air transportation that included at least one flight segment between the United States and Asia or Oceania from Defendants or their co-conspirators, or any predecessor, subsidiary or affiliate thereof, at any time between January 1, 2000 and the Effective Date.
Thai Airways Settlement Class:
All persons and entities that purchased passengerair transportation that included at least one flight segment between the UnitedStates and Asia or Oceania from Defendants, or any predecessor, subsidiary oraffiliate thereof, at any time between January 1, 2000 and the Effective Date.
MalaysianAir Settlement Class:
All persons and entities that purchased passengerair transportation that included at least one flight segment between the UnitedStates and Asia/Oceania from Defendants or their co-conspirators, or anypredecessor, subsidiary or affiliate thereof, at any time between January 1,2000 and the Effective Date.
Cathay Pacific Airways/Qantas Settlement Class:
All persons and entities that purchased passenger air transportation that included at least one flight segment between the United States and Asia or Oceania from Defendants, or any predecessor, subsidiary or affiliate thereof, at any time between January 1, 2000 and the Effective Date.
Potential Award
Class Members of the transpacific airline settlement are eligible to receive a pro-rata share the settlement fund, but it is not known at this time how much Class Members will receive. The disbursement of the settlement fund will be made at the end of the case.
Proof of Purchase
It does not appear that proof of purchase is required to fill out the claim form, but all claims are subject to audit and may require proof of purchase in the future.
Claim Form Deadline
09/19/2015 ESTIMATED
If the Court approves the Settlement, you will have 120 after the Settlements become final and effective to file your claim. The earliest this deadline will be is Sept. 19, 2015.
Case Name
In Re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 07-CV-5634-CRB, MDL. 1913, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Final Hearing
05/22/15
UPDATE: The Transpacific airline antitrust class action settlement received final approval on May 22, 2015.
UPDATE 2: On Jan. 10, 2018, Philippine Airlines Inc., Air New Zealand Ltd. and China Airlines Ltd. agreed to pay a total of $29.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to fix the prices of airline tickets for travel between the United States and Asia/Oceania.
UPDATE 3: June 2018, a near $50 million Transpacific Airlines class action settlement has been expanded to include four more airlines. Click here to file a claim.
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Rust Consulting
Transpacific Air Settlement
P.O. Box 2209
Fairibault, MN 55021-1609
800-439-1781
Country | Phone Number |
Australia | Toll-Free 1.800.453.590 |
Cambodia | Toll-Free 1800.20.8735 |
China | Toll-Free 800.720.1181 |
Hong Kong | Toll-Free 800.906.575 |
Indonesia | Toll-Free 001.803.017.7708 |
Japan | Toll-Free 0800.100.0040 |
Malaysia | Toll-Free 1.800.814.532 |
New Zealand | Toll-Free 0800.452612 |
Philippines | Toll-Free 1.800.1.116.1205 |
Singapore | Toll-Free 800.852.3955 |
South Korea | Toll-Free 003.0813.2773 |
Taiwan | Toll-Free 00801.14.7170 |
Thailand | Toll-Free 001.800.852.6454 |
United States | Toll-Free 1.800.439.1781 |
Vietnam | Toll-Free 1800.9299 |
Class Counsel
COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY LLP
HAUSFELD, LLP
Defense Counsel
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115 thoughts onTranspacific Airline Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Email just arrived. Appeals
Email just arrived. Appeals appeals!!!!!!
Hello people I called Rust and spoke with a very polite guy he informed me do not look for a check anytime soon with the transpacific airline settlement he said one of the airlines appealed the decision and its up to the judge to state when the new hearing date will take place and he said it could take up to another year boy I tell you…..
Thanks for the heads up even if its bad news
man wheres my check
I emailed the claims person for status of my claim amount.. No word yet..
Denise payments and coupons for the Korean settlement will be mailed out June 27,2016..
Do you have any idea of how much the settlement will be for. I have taken almost every airlines except for the Korean airlines several times. How are they determining the payout?
Wasn’t in that class but were some nice checks…
Any updates I was told checks would be mailed out before July 1,2016…
Does anyone know if the Korean Airlines have completed their appeal? I understand that this is what has been holding up our settlements.
Well, they need to update class members as to what’s going on. No update since 2015 on this lawsuit. Many awaiting any word and nothing. It takes a few minutes to update lawsuit class members and if the lawyers are being paid in everyone’s behalf to settle this lawsuit and can not provide an update I say everyone who filed eligible claims should seek other avenues if they can’t let us all know what’s going on. Ridiculous!!!
Agreed!
Huffington Post 7/24/2013. 400,000 checks mailed to wrong address Rust claims the morgage company gave them to them. Checks supposed be $125,000 thet were $300. ABC NEWS.GO.COM/Business 4/18/2013 foreclosure settlement checks passed due dates or bounced, These people lost there homes Rust kept posting distribution dates that changed for years. Rust doing thst right now to the Korean airlines class action, read all that’s red highlights. Government is aware of Rust business practices, you people may never get nothing Rust is going down taking your money with you. Rip off Report.com