A judge has admonished the Transport Workers Union for relying on test cases to decide compensation for 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it should instead bring a class action.
The ACCC has raised concerns over Qantasā alleged failure to respond to claims in a blockbuster case against the airline over the sale of tickets on cancelled flights.
The judge hearing a bondholders class action against Virgin Australia has deferred the resolution of the airline’s cross-claim seeking seeking periodic payments from the class action to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
Qantas has again conceded defeat in the face of opposition by the ACCC, this time bowing out of a joint coordination agreement with China Eastern Airlines.
The High Court will consider an exception to the general immunity of foreign states for the first time, as it hears an appeal of a decision which found Indonesia’s national airline could avail itself of foreign state immunity to defeat a winding up application.
Qantas has dropped its bid to acquire Brisbane-based regional airline Alliance Aviation Services, saying a court battle with the competition regulator would be complex and costly.
A second law firm is likely to throw its hat in the ring to run a competing class action against Qantas over flight cancellations in the COVID-19 pandemic, but a judge has made orders trying to side-step a carriage fight, criticising them as āwasteful and expensiveā.Ā
A former flight attendant trainee has filed a lawsuit against fly-in fly-out operator Alliance Airlines, which was the subject of a takeover bid by Qantas earlier this year, claiming he was dismissed for complaining of harassment.
A bondholder class action against Virgin is heating up, with the airline filing a cross-claim seeking the courtās approval to demand periodic payments from the applicant to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
A judge has asked why the union representing Qantas workers did not bring a class action on behalf of 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, as he ordered the airlineās new CEO to attend settlement talks after losing its High Court appeal.