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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9482

3 August 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 25
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
British Airways fined by British and American authorities

Brussels, 02/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - British airline British Airways (BA) was fined twice on 1 August, for having formed an agreement with its competitor Virgin Atlantic on fuel surcharges to be paid by passengers. The British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined BA £121.5 million sterling, while the US Justice Department imposed a fine of $300 million - a total of close to €400 million. Virgin escaped all punishment because it blew the whistle.

British Airways Chairman acknowledged that...