Australian Court May Cost Airlines Millions

By Adrian Schofield adrian_schofield@aviationweek.com
Auckland

Qantas and other carriers will now have no choice but to pay millions in retroactive commissions to travel agents after an Australian court denied a Qantas appeal of an earlier ruling in the agents’ favor.

The Australian High Court on Sept. 3 upheld a Federal Court decision faulting airlines for not including fuel surcharges when calculating travel agent commissions on ...

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