Qantas Gouges Customers on Fares, Unfair-Pricing Report Says
- Former antitrust chief Allan Fels says Qantas price gouges
- Finding deals another blow to Qantas’ damaged reputation
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Qantas Airways Ltd. exploits its dominance of the Australian air-travel market to charge passengers excessively high fares, according to an inquiry into unfair pricing by the country’s former antitrust chief.
Allan Fels, former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, singled out Qantas in his final report Wednesday, accusing the country’s biggest carrier of “price gouging.” In late 2022, Qantas’ fare increases were so large that a quarter of the country’s inflation was mainly caused by the airline, Fels said.