The Commerce Commission of New Zealand, the country’s competition watchdog, has launched legal action against 13 airlines and 7 individuals for alleged price-fixing and “extensive and long-term cartel activity in the air-cargo market.”

The Federal Court of Australia has fined Qantas Airways, Australia’s national airline, Australian $20 million (US $13.1 million) after the airline admit that it engaged in price-fixing linked to international cargo fuel surcharges.

A former executive of British Airways has agreed to serve eight months in prison and pay a fine of $20,000 (£11,200) for his role in a conspiracy to fix air-cargo prices.

Air France-KLM, the world's biggest airline, and three other airlines have been sentenced to pay total fines of US $504 million for having conspired to fix prices of air cargo.