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Major airline faces backlash after using ‘ghost flights’ to exploit a legal loophole: ‘They weren’t even selling tickets’ (news.yahoo.com)

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Major airline faces backlash after using ‘ghost flights’ to exploit a legal loophole: ‘They weren’t even selling tickets’::Ultimately, it’s incumbent on lawmakers to take steps to ensure this practice is discouraged.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In this case, Qatar Airways was making these extra journeys to avoid caps that allow it to make only 28 weekly trips to Australia’s major airports, which includes Melbourne. Landing at Adelaide Airport, which is not among that list, as the final destination enabled the airline to make additional journeys to Melbourne, as there were no limits on flights to non-major airports.

Cute.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Love the double standard. When you do this as a passenger to get a cheaper fare the airliner will ban you for life.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When you do this as a passenger to get a cheaper fare the airliner will ban you for life.

Wait, are you saying if you buy a ticket from Orlando to Las Vegas and the flight stops for a planned plane change in Atlanta, if you get off in Atlanta because that was your actual destination and DON'T continue on to Vegas you can get in trouble?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Not in legal trouble but the airline might decide not to sell tickets to you in the future.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So I get how that's bad for the environment and all

But why are their flights limited to 28 in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There is a bit of a scandal in aus at the moment about this. Qatar asked for more international flights (they back Virgin Australia, one of 2 major domestic carriers in Australia). Government said no, for undisclosed reasons.

The "national" carrier Qantas are scumbags with the government in their pocket and likely quietly lobbied against it, but also Qatar International Airport did this to Australian citizens not that long ago:

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12817070

So it's just kind of dickheads all the way down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I'm sure they investigated themselves and found no trace of wrong doing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah... fuck Qatar for that, goddamn thats a human rights violation if I ever saw one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Like Qatar gives a good god damn about human rights.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

...wow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

At the time, the airline also said it wasn't their fault or responsibility it happened (i.e., they had no power over it happening), but now at the hearing they claim they will ensure it won't happen again. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Mighty Black Stump

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

HI Tim