Scandinavia’s SAS Group has received a European Commission statement of objections alleging infringements of competition law within the air cargo sector.

Last year the European Commission and US regulators opened a wide-ranging investigation into alleged cartel activity by several companies, including SAS Cargo, in the air freight industry.

SAS Group is deferring detailed comment until it has examined the EC statement in detail and been granted the chance to review related documentation in the EC’s investigation files. It plans to provide a statement on the issue, and its possible effects, no later than February.

But chief executive Mats Jansson says: “Infringement of competition rules is entirely unacceptable and we condemn it unreservedly.

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