QANTAS

/ ˈkwɒntəs /

noun

1. the Australian national airline

Word History and Origins

Origin of QANTAS¹

acronym of Q ueensland a nd N orthern T erritory A erial S ervices, its original name: founded 1920

Example Sentences

"We sincerely apologise to each and every one of the 1,820 ground handling employees and to their families who suffered as a result," Qantas Group chief executive Vanessa Hudson said.

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In 2021, the court found that Qantas had partly outsourced its workforce to limit workers' taking industrial action.

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The penalty is on top of A$120m of compensation that Qantas had agreed to pay to laid off workers in 2024, after losing multiple appeals in court.

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Qantas was ordered by the court to pay A$50m of the penalty directly to the transport workers' union, which had sued the airline over the layoffs.

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In court documents, he questioned Qantas' corporate culture, noting the firm's "unrelenting and aggressive" legal strategy as a sign of efforts to avoid paying any compensation to workers it previously said it felt sorry for.

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