OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2012. Moscow OFAS Russia fined “Trasn-Free” Ltd. 515,000 Rubles for concluding an oral agreement that restricted competition on the market of taxi services, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

Earlier the Commission of the antimonopoly body discovered that taxi cars of “MegapolisAvto” Ltd. and “Trasn-Free” Ltd. have priority in “Vnukovo” airport. The car parking services across the whole landside area in “Vnukovo” airport are provided by “Fortuna-Capital” Ltd., while property used to organize parking is owned by “Vnukovo-Invest” OJSC and leased to “Fortuna-Capital” Ltd.

Moscow OFAS Russia found that “Vnukovo-Invest” OJSC, “Fortuna-Capital” Ltd., “Trasn-Free” Ltd. and “MegapolisAvto” Ltd. violated Part 2 Article 11 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition and issued determinations to eliminate antimonopoly violations.

“Exclusive access of taxi companies to the closest and free lanes in the airport withstands all other taxis and private cars that are forced to get to the only lane. It often generates traffic jams and motorists cannot comply with the free 15-minute parking requriement. Thus, the taxi drivers who participate in the collusion, are able to park directly in front of the terminal building to load arriving passengers, and gain advantages that create unequal competitive conditions”, pointed out Deputy Head of Moscow OFAS Russia, Ms. Elena Petrusenko.