A North Vancouver businessman, Ahmet Kadioglu, has filed a lawsuit against Cathay Pacific accusing the airline of pocketing a fee that it misrepresented as a tax when adding it to the cost of his Vancouver-Hong Kong return ticket. The courts have been asked to certify the case as a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all consumers who have paid the fee. Kadioglu he purchased his ticket at a Flight Centre last month for travel in October. The agent quoted a price of $809 for the fare plus $409.87 in taxes for a total cost of $1,218.87. His statement of claim says that the invoice stated that the taxes included $275.20 described as a “YR tax” but “Contrary to the representation, the $275.20 YR tax item was not a third-party tax at all, rather, the defendant (Cathay Pacific) retained and diverted the monies paid by the plaintiff (Kadioglu) for the YR tax item to its own use.”
Cathay Pacific to face Canadian class-action lawsuit
