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Four British Airways executives, past and present, could be charged with price-fixing and face up to five years in jail, according to a report last night. The cartel case is said to be being brought against the four men by the Office of Fair Trading and charges them with collusion with Virgin Atlantic to fix prices of fuel surcharges between 2004 and 2006. The four men are understood to be Andrew Crawley, BA head of sales; Martin George, former commercial director; Iain Burns, former head of communications; and Alan Burnett, ex head of UK and Ireland sales. Mr George and Mr Burns resigned from BA in 2006 after admitting that the airline’s own rules had been broken through conversations with its competitor about fuel surcharges. Mr Burnett retired in March 2006. It is only the second cartel case to be brought by the OFT.... [read full story]
