Exclusive: Consumer advocates say Australia adopting an EU-style compensation scheme would ‘incentivise airlines to run on time’

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The Coalition and consumer groups have accused Qantas of cherrypicking data to invert the conclusion of a study when the airline argued against laws to compensate delayed passengers.

On Monday, Qantas domestic CEO Markus Svensson appeared before a Senate committee hearing into the Coalition’s proposed “pay-on-delay” bill, which seeks to adopt an Australian version of the scheme in place in the European Union.

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