The Russian Federation Federal Antimonopoly Service took legal action against Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg and Kaliningrad-based KD-Avia for their alleged violation of the federal bill on the protection of competition, the spokesperson for the Service reports.

The suit was initiated on July 29, 2008 upon Siberia Air Company’s request.

Siberia claimed Koltsovo airport and KD-Avia avoided signing agreements on ground handling operations and airport servicing with the airline. Thus Koltsovo airport refused to cooperate with Siberia when the latter wanted to operate scheduled Moscow-Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights, while Khrabrovo airport of Kaliningrad made it impossible for the airline to operate scheduled Moscow-Kaliningrad-Moscow flights.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service considered the two companies’ actions to be a violation of Article 10 (part 1) of the federal legislation on the protection of competition.