Seems a few other could be under investigation too!
By: Dantheman77 - 23rd June 2006 at 18:28
Why i don’t agree with dirty tricks, its a simple fact of life, that competing companies do things that may verge on the illegal side…The problem is, BA may have been caught with there fingers in the pie.
By: skippyscage - 23rd June 2006 at 17:29
same old dirty tricks from BA – they’ve done it in the past, and no doubt they will do it again in the future
anyone remember Laker? and for that matter Virgin in the past?
By: philgatwick05 - 23rd June 2006 at 16:06
This story has just taken a very interesting turn:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5109014.stm
So Virgin tipped off the OFT…
By: philgatwick05 - 22nd June 2006 at 16:20
What exactly is the allegation, increasing fuel surcharge more than the rise of fuel itself?
This seems rather, erm, petty! If airlines want to make their money through sneaking it in here and there then so be it, all passengers are more than aware of the surcharge they are paying, and the total ticket price before purchase,
Wozza
No, price fixing is where two or more competitors combine to ensure that they are all charging the same price; a price that each of them will make a profit it; and this means that there is no competition, which would lower the prices. For example it’d be like easyJet and BA on the LGW-NCE route deciding that they would both charge £300 a ticket – there’s no competition so the price is high for the customer as both airlines know the other won’t undercut them. (I’m not suggesting EZY & BA are doing this!).
It seems the article is suggesting BA and AA have been fixing their fuel levys – and it would not be unfeasible considering the two airlines have close links.
By: wozza - 22nd June 2006 at 15:59
What exactly is the allegation, increasing fuel surcharge more than the rise of fuel itself?
This seems rather, erm, petty! If airlines want to make their money through sneaking it in here and there then so be it, all passengers are more than aware of the surcharge they are paying, and the total ticket price before purchase,
Wozza
By: philgatwick05 - 22nd June 2006 at 14:29
Doesn’t take Ryanair long to reply and remind us of their non-existant fuel surcharges:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=06&month=jun&story=gen-en-220606
🙂
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