OREANDA-NEWS. June 15, 2009. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) found that "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC violated Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition", reported the press-centre of FAS Russia. 

"Aeroflot - Russian Airlines" OJSC asked "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC to provide possibility of self-supplies of the company's own fuel for fuelling of Aeroflot aircrafts in "Pashkovsky 2" airport. The cost of Aeroflot fuel would be lower than the cost of fuel provided by "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC. "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC denied a request of "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines" OJSC, justifying the refusal by inability to store the fuel of third-party airlines due to the absence of technical capabilities and reconstruction of а storage terminal for fuel and lubrication materials until the second part of 2009.

Investigating the case, FAS Russia established that "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC was accepting for storage fuel from "Kuban Airlines" OJSC. FAS Russia also discovered that when aviation fuel for "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines" OJSC was supplied by "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC, there were no problems with technical capabilities for providing aviation fuel.

The FAS Russia's Commission found that "Krasnodar" International Airport" OJSC violated Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition" by creating discriminatory conditions for different airlines, preventing exit from the market of integrated services (supplying fuel and services for providing aviation fuel), and preventing separate entry to the aviation fuel markets (supplies and purchasing) and to the markets of the services for providing aviation fuel. Those actions infringed the interests of "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines" OJSC and restricted competition on the market of air transportation.