Should you be compensated if your flight is cancelled? Here’s what happens in the UK and Europe

The EU’s ‘fair and logical’ model could be adapted to give Australian air travellers better protection, consumer law experts say. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Australian air travellers have suffered from a huge number of domestic flight cancellations in recent years, and the consumer watchdog is taking Qantas to court, alleging the company sold tickets for flights that were never going to take off.

Despite that, Australian passengers have few rights to compensation for delays and cancellations compared with travellers in some countries.