Bombshell report reveals Qantas ‘senior managers knew’ ghost flights were being sold

Qantas management was aware the airline was selling tickets for flights that had already been cancelled, according to a report issued by the ACCC around the ghost flights saga.

Qantas’ new CEO Vanessa Hudson agreed to settle the ACCC claim earlier in the year, with the airline paying $120 million in damages.

In doing so, the airline admitted 86,597 customers were sold cancelled flights, totalling $170.9 million, with an average of 11 days between the sale of the flights and the airline notifying the traveller the flights had been cancelled.

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