Litigation firm Claims Funding International plans to file what would be a record cartel damages claim a claim against the Franco-Dutch group's three operating airlines -- Air France, KLM and cargo carrier Martinair -- in Dutch courts.
An Air France-KLM spokesman declined to comment.
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf quoted from an embargoed news release ahead of its scheduled publication.
Reuters was not immediately able to quote directly from the embargoed release under the terms of its receipt.
Sweden's Ericsson and Philips Electronics are the lead claimants among other companies in the pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics, food and fashion industries, the newspaper reported.
Air France-KLM is among a number of airlines swept up in global investigations into an alleged air freight cartel.
In July, it agreed to pay $87 million to settle civil claims in the United States, following a Justice department probe which was settled in 2008 with the payment of a $350 million fine.
The European Commission has also been investigating claims that airlines ran a conspiracy between 2000 and 2007 to fix tariffs in the air cargo industry.
De Telegraaf quoted the law firm as saying it was taking court action against Air France-KLM because it had failed to respond to a demand for negotiations. The claim seeks to make the group liable for all alleged cartel activities in Europe by airlines which have pleaded guilty to price-fixing elsewhere. (Reuters)
