( October 8, 2024, 06:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airways, will pay a fine of A$100 million ($67 million) for misleading consumers by selling tickets to flights it had already decided to cancel. In a statement today, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the penalties were imposed after Qantas admitted it had contravened the Australian Consumer Law, affecting up to 880,000 consumers. In May 2024, Qantas agreed that the proposed fine was appropriate to deter companies from breaching the law. Qantas has faced growing scrutiny about its market power, amid calls for the government to intervene to rein in the country’s air-travel duopoly.The full statement from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission follows; the Federal Court Orders are attached:...
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