Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has sidestepped a messy courtroom showdown and agreed to pay around 86,000 customers remediation amounts ranging between AUD225 and AUD450 Australian dollars (USD149-298) plus a AUD100 million (USD66 million) penalty for selling tickets on flights it had already cancelled but not disclosed, or was preparing to cancel.

It reached the agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after the agency commenced legal action against the airline

Source: ch aviation
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