Regulator closes 9-year-old cargo case against IATA

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has closed a nine-year old case against airline industry group the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which counts about 290 global airlines including Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Vistara, as its members, after finding no violation of competitive norms.

The complaint filed by Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) in December 2012 alleged a number of anti-competitive practices related to IATA’s Cargo Agency Conference and the Cargo Tariffs Conference.

It was also alleged that IATA was determining the commission of cargo agents in an unfair manner and that rules of the agency’s Cargo Accounts Settlement System (CASS) were anti-competitive.