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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Qantas cancellations: ACCC taking airline to court alleging it sold tickets for planes that would never fly

ACCC consumer watchdog is taking Qantas to court alleging it advertised and sold tickets for flights that were cancelled.
The consumer watchdog ACCC is taking Qantas to court alleging it advertised and sold tickets for flights that were cancelled. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will take Qantas to court alleging it was advertising and selling tickets for more than 8,000 flights that it had already cancelled in its system.

On Thursday morning, the ACCC launched action in the federal court alleging Qantas engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct in advertising the flights, scheduled between May and July 2022.

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