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The EU commission opens an inquiry on the collaboration between Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta on the aerial routes ocean-going liners
Closed the investigation on the agreements of cooperation between eight members of SkyTeam
January 27, 2012
The EU commission has opened an inquiry in order to ascertain if the agreements of relative joint venture to the aerial routes ocean-going liners which signed in 2009 and 2010 from the companies Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta, all part of the SkyTeam alliance, violate the communitarian norms on the competition. On the base of such agreements the companies have coordinated their activities on the routes ocean-going liners regarding the offered ability, to the timetables and the prices and share also the profits and the losses generated from these flights.
Meanwhile the EU commission has announced to have closed the formal investigation antitrust on the agreements of cooperation between eight members of SkyTeam: Aeroméxico, Air France, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, Czech Airlines, Delta, KLM and Korean Air Lines. The Commission has emphasized that the closing of the procedure esime the members of SkyTeam estimating their behavior and not to assure that it is in compliance with the communitarian right on the competition.
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The EU commission has opened an inquiry in order to ascertain if the agreements of relative joint venture to the aerial routes ocean-going liners which signed in 2009 and 2010 from the companies Air France-KLM, Alitalia and Delta, all part of the SkyTeam alliance, violate the communitarian norms on the competition. On the base of such agreements the companies have coordinated their activities on the routes ocean-going liners regarding the offered ability, to the timetables and the prices and share also the profits and the losses generated from these flights.
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