2010-04-06
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's antitrust watchdog said it raided the offices of South African Airways and another airline, as part of an ongoing probe into price fixing related to the soccer World Cup.

The Competition Commission said in a statement on Tuesday that it had searched the offices of South African Airways , budget airline Mango and an industry group last week, seizing documents and electronic data.

The investigation comes as demand for flights and accomodation during the FIFA 2010 World Cup has so far failed to meet expectations.

The probe -- which is also targeting airlines British Airways, Comair (COMJ.J) and 1Time (1TMJ.J) -- was first announced in January. At that time the commission said SAA had promised to cooperate with the investigation, provided it was excluded from prosecution.

The searches last week were prompted by suspicion that SAA and Mango may have withheld information from the investigation, the commission said.