Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has agreed to pay a R2m fine following a recent finding of the Competition Tribunal that the company had been involved in price collusion with Bombela Concession Company over the charges for car rental parking bays at OR Tambo International.

The Competition Commission began its investigation in July 2012 and found that a former Acsa employee shared sensitive information about car-rental parking bays with the Bombela Concession Company. According to a statement released by Acsa, the employee, who left the company in 2012, did not have authority or permission to discuss such information with Bombela.

Acsa further states that, at the time of the discussion, the company had already entered into a five-year agreement with the various car-rental companies, which would have made it impossible to readjust prices. The statement reads: “Airports Company South Africa derived no financial and/or undue benefit from the actions of the former employee.”

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Acsa has committed to rolling out an internal awareness campaign around Competition law across its network of airports during the course of the year. CEO, Bongani Maseko, says he has made a commitment that the company will take all the relevant actions to ensure that the employees act responsibly and with integrity.