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| | Press Release of 08/08/2002 |
 | | Volare Airlines, Air Europe, Alpi Eagles and Air One directly or indirectly notified Alitalia that they also intended to raise their fuel surcharge, and implemented identical fare increases to the one announced by Alitalia. |
 | | Thanks to the fuel surcharge, the airlines had achieved the purpose of keep their respective fare structures unchanged, while neutralising the potential impact on the market of the cost shock due to the increased fuel prices, to the detriment of competition. |
 | | This complex collusion policy jointly implemented by Alitalia, Meridiana, Alpi Eagles, Air One, Volare Airlines and Air Europe to coordinate their pricing strategies may be considered to be one of the most serious restrictions on competition, by hampering the capacity to guarantee allocative efficiency and keep price levels as low as possible. |
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