Under the plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, ANA has also agreed to cooperate with the department?s ongoing antitrust investigation. ANA transports a variety of cargo shipments, such as heavy equipment, perishable commodities, and consumer goods, on scheduled international flights, including to and from the United States. ANA also transports passengers on scheduled flights within Japan and internationally, including to and from the United States. ANA typically offered unpublished passenger fares to travel agents for purchase by certain consumers. 

According to the charges, ANA carried out the conspiracies by agreeing during meetings and other communications on certain components of the cargo rates to be charged for shipments on routes between the United States and Japan, and on unpublished passenger fares to be charged on tickets purchased in the United States. As part of the conspiracies, ANA levied cargo rates and unpublished passenger fares in accordance with the agreements reached, and monitored and enforced adherence to the agreed-upon cargo rates and unpublished passenger fares. 

ANA is charged with two counts of price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, which carries a maximum fine for corporations of $100 million for each violation committed after June 22, 2004, and $10 million for violations committed before that date. The maximum fine for each count may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.