Qantas finalises settlement agreement with Australian federal court

The Australian federal court has ordered Qantas to pay AU$100 million ($67.3 million) for misleading consumers, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said on October 8, 2024. The settlement amount was agreed in May 2024, and this marks the final stage of the settlement process. The ACCC launched court action against the airline in August 2023. The ‘phantom flights’ case saw the airline sell tickets for “tens of thousands of flights it had already decided to cancel”, the ACCC said. The penalties were imposed after Qantas had admitted it had contravened consumer laws in the region. It had agreed