Qantas

Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS) Australia's flag airline Qantas has agreed to pay compensation to over 1800 workers who were illegally dismissed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The carrier announced that it has reached an agreement with the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to pay the former ground handlers a combined 120 million Australian dollars (76 million US dollars). Under the agreement, Qantas and the union will set up a compensation fund in early 2025 to send payments to the 1820 former employees whose roles were illegally outsourced in 2020. "We know this has been a difficult period for those affected and are…

Sydney, Aug 29 (IANS) Australia's national airline Qantas on Thursday posted a 28 per cent fall in its post-tax profit to $848 million in the 2023-24 financial year. Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson handed down the airline's results for the 2023-24 financial year spanning from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, revealing a post-tax profit of $848.2 million, down from a record-high $1.18 billion in 2022-23, Xinhua news agency reported. The company said it generated $1.41 billion in underlying pre-tax profit in 2023-24, a 16 per cent fall from $1.67 in 2022-23. Hudson said Qantas has been focused on restoring…

Canberra, Sep 13, The High Court of Australia on Wednesday unanimously upheld a ruling that the flag carrier had illegally laid off 1,700 workers at 10 airports across the country in November 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. The country's highest court's ruling found that Qantas had breached Australia's Fair Work Act, which protects employee rights, reports the BBC. The firings of baggage handlers and cleaners at the airports came at a time when the country had closed its borders and business was plummeting. The court upheld that while Qantas had "sound commercial reasons" for the move, it had deprived workers of…