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The ACCC has raised concerns that Qantas’ proposed acquisition of Brisbane-based regional airline Alliance Aviation Services could harm competition in the market for flights for fly-in, fly-out workers.
Virgin Airlines has argued a litigation funder’s indemnity for its legal costs is not enough for it to bring a class action on behalf of bond holders over a 2019 prospectus, claiming the airline expects to spend more than $5 million defending the proceedings.
A long-serving Virgin Australia flight attendant who was found sleeping on the job was unfairly sacked given the length of her employment with the airline, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Qantas' termination of a long-serving engineer who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because he "feared for his life" was a "tragedy" but not unlawful, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has thrown out Qantas' bid to overturn the reinstatement of a trainer accused of staring at a flight attendant's breasts and gazing into her eyes in a "distinguishably lewd" manner during a safety demonstration.
A shareholder class action against Virgin Australia over representations made in a prospectus for a $324 million capital raising won't put a dent in the airline's financials, the company said Friday.
Virgin Australia has been hit with a shareholder class action over representations made in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising to fund its $700 million acquisition of the Velocity loyalty program, just six months before the airline sank into administration.
Virgin Australia has struck back at a lawsuit by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO, saying it terminated the pilot's employment after he was deemed medically unfit for his role.
Qantas and the Transport Workers Union both lost their appeals Wednesday of a judge’s decision finding the airline had decided to axe 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent employees bringing industrial action but refusing to reinstate the workers. The airline has vowed to take the case to the High Court.
Fair Work Commissioner Nick Wilson has dismissed a recusal bid by nine former Virgin employees who argued his frequent flyer membership with the airline meant he was unable to hear their cases.