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Industry: airlines
Penalty Total since 2000$3,364,843,580
Number of Records: 3,301
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
International Airlines Group$580,552,30032
Air France-KLM$442,228,33616
American Airlines$274,385,115833
Southwest Airlines$262,926,874318
United Airlines Holdings$209,890,270562
LATAM Airlines Group$198,914,70817
Lufthansa$170,629,10247
China Airlines$150,332,90012
Singapore Airlines$149,774,4429
All Nippon Airways (ANA)$141,711,0008

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Cathay Pacific AirwaysCathay Pacific Airwayswage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-federal$1,900,000
Delta Air LinesDelta Air Lineswage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-federal$4,250,000
Lufthansa Technik North AmericaLufthansawage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-federal$1,100,000
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlineswage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$1,000,000
Sky ChefsLufthansawage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$1,750,000
Delta Air LinesDelta Air Lineswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$1,415,444
Continental AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$3,250,000
United Air LinesUnited Airlines Holdingswage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$925,000
United Air LinesUnited Airlines Holdingswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$250,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesemployment discrimination2008private lawsuit-federal$1,238,333
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesemployment discrimination2009private lawsuit-federal$1,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesemployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-federal$500,000
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlinesemployment discrimination2018private lawsuit-federal$20,540,000
United AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingsemployment discrimination2014private lawsuit-federal$36,500,000
United AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingsemployment discrimination2004private lawsuit-federal$200,000
United AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingsemployment discrimination2009private lawsuit-federal$389,777
United AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingsemployment discrimination2014private lawsuit-federal$6,150,000
ExpressJet AirlinesKAir Enterprisesemployment discrimination2011private lawsuit-state$500,000
American Airlines IncAmerican Airlinesbenefit plan administrator violation2018private lawsuit-federal$22,000,000
American Airlines, Inc.American Airlinesbenefit plan administrator violation2017private lawsuit-federal$4,950,000
Delta Airlines, Inc.Delta Air Linesbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$16,000,000
UAL CorporationUnited Airlines Holdingsbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$5,250,000
US Airways GroupAmerican Airlinesbenefit plan administrator violation2015private lawsuit-federal$5,250,000
Delta Air Lines, Inc.Delta Air LinesFair Credit Reporting Act violation2019private lawsuit-federal$2,300,000
Delta Air Lines, Inc.Delta Air Lineswage and hour violation2020private lawsuit-federal$3,500,000
Virgin America Inc. and Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airwage and hour violation2023private lawsuit-federal$30,976,831
Air CanadaAir Canadaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$7,500,000
Air FranceAir France-KLMprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$876,000
Air France-KLM GroupAir France-KLMprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$87,000,000
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.All Nippon Airways (ANA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$10,400,000
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.All Nippon Airways (ANA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$58,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
Asiana Airlines Inc.Asiana Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$55,200,000
Asiana Airlines, Inc.Asiana Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$21,000,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$89,512,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$139,000,000
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.Cathay Pacific Airwaysprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.Cathay Pacific Airwaysprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$7,500,000
China Airlines, Ltd.China Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$90,200,000
China Airlines, Ltd.China Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$19,750,000
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.El Al Israel Airlineprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$15,800,000
Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.Japan Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$12,000,000
Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.Japan Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Lan Airlines S.A.LATAM Airlines Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$66,000,000
Lufthansa AGLufthansaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009private lawsuit-federal$85,000,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$26,750,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$650,000
SAS Cargo Group A/SScandinavian Airlines System (SAS)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$13,930,000
Singapore Airlines LimitedSingapore Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$92,492,442
Singapore Airlines LimitedSingapore Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$9,200,000
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$15,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$7,500,000
US Airways Inc.American Airlinesconsumer protection violation2019private lawsuit-federal$9,850,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupconsumer protection violation2022private lawsuit-federal$1,260,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupconsumer protection violation2018private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlinesconsumer protection violation2014private lawsuit-federal$1,100,000
Southwest AirlinesSouthwest Airlinesconsumer protection violation2013private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
Spirit Airlines Inc.Spirit Airlinesconsumer protection violation2016private lawsuit-federal$7,500,000
United Airlines Inc.United Airlines Holdingswage and hour violation2023private lawsuit-federal$54,408,649
Lufthansa AGLufthansaconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$56,600,000
Delta Air LinesDelta Air Linesconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$2,365,000
Spirit AirlinesSpirit Airlinesconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$8,250,000
United AirlinesUnited Airlines Holdingswage and hour violation2024private lawsuit-federal$10,270,064
SkyWest Airlines inc.SkyWestwage and hour violation2024private lawsuit-federal$3,999,999
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$65,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$1,600,000
Delta Air LinesDelta Air Linesaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
JetBlue AirwaysJetBlue Airwaysaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
Silver Airways LLCSilver Airways LLCaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$25,000
Air CanadaAir Canadaaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$225,000
Alaska Airlines, Inc.Alaska Airaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$45,000
Southwest Airlines Co.Southwest Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
United Airlines, Inc.United Airlines Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$35,000
British Airways PlcInternational Airlines Groupaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$150,000
Lufthansa German AirlinesLufthansaaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$200,000
Societe Air FranceAir France-KLMaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$200,000
Compass Airlines, LLCTrans States Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$70,000
GoJet Airlines, LLCTrans States Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
British Airways PlcInternational Airlines Groupaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$40,000
United Airlines, Inc.United Airlines Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$750,000
United Airlines, Inc.United Airlines Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2016ACPD$2,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2015ACPD$20,000
Spirit Airlines, Inc.Spirit Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2015ACPD$100,000
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.Hawaiian Holdingsaviation consumer protection violation2015ACPD$160,000
Lufthansa German AirlinesLufthansaaviation consumer protection violation2015ACPD$30,000
Southwest Airlines Co.Southwest Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2015ACPD$1,600,000
Air Canada rougeAir Canadaaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$90,000
Cathay Pacific Airways LimitedCathay Pacific Airwaysaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$260,000
Delta Air Lines, Inc.Delta Air Linesaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$100,000
Alaska Airlines, Inc.Alaska Airaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$150,000
Southwest Airlines, Co.Southwest Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$200,000
British Airways PlcInternational Airlines Groupaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$225,000
Asiana AirlinesAsiana Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$500,000
JetBlue Airways CorporationJetBlue Airwaysaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$25,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysaviation consumer protection violation2014ACPD$90,000
Virgin America, Inc.Alaska Airaviation consumer protection violation2013ACPD$60,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2013ACPD$20,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2013ACPD$60,000
Alaska Airlines, Inc.Alaska Airaviation consumer protection violation2013ACPD$30,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.