In Re Public Air Travel Tariff Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

This litigation consists of five actions in four different districts. 1 In each action it is alleged that the defendant airlines have violated federal tariff regulations by overcharging for fares to domestic passengers who fly between two points in the United States for which no single joint fare has been published by the airlines. Plaintiffs in each action purport to represent a class of all passengers who have been subject to such alleged overcharges. Plaintiffs in the actions pending in the Central District of California move the Panel for an order transferring all actions…