Absolved in 2015 and then re-convicted in 2017, the Luxembourg company saw its appeal rejected by the EU General Court on Wednesday 30 March.

Cargolux, Martinair Holland, KLM, Air France-KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Singapore Airlines Cargo have two months and ten days to lodge an appeal with the European Court of Justice. If not, the EU General Court’s ruling on Wednesday will end more than 11 years of legal wrangling.

In November 2010, the European Commission fined 13 airlines a total of €790m for agreeing “on a number of constituent elements of the price of services provided in that market, in particular the introduction of fuel and security surcharges, as well as the refusal to pay commission to freight forwarders on those surcharges,” it said 

Five years later, the EU General Court overturned the decision. Two years after this, the European Commission adopted a new decision in which it corrected the lack of reasoning previously pointed out by the court.

On 30 March, the European Court of First Instance confirmed the fines of eight companies. Cargolux received a fine of €79.9m. Meanwhile, it reduced the fines for Japan Airlines (€28.88m compared to €35.7m), Air Canada (€17.95m compared to €21.04m), British Airways (€84.46m compared to €104.04m), Cathay Pacific Airways (€47.14m compared to €57.12m), SAS Cargo Group (€70.02m compared to €70.17m), Latam Airlines Group and Lan Cargo (€2.24m compared to €8.22m).

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.