Angry Qantas investors block executives’ pay plan

November 3, 2023

PUBLISHED : 3 Nov 2023 at 14:45

Qantas enjoyed a record profit last year, but it also enraged once-loyal Australians through astronomical ticket prices and allegedly selling seats for already cancelled flights. (Photo: AFP)

MELBOURNE – Jeering Qantas shareholders voted down a pay package for the company’s top brass Friday, as the outgoing chairman apologised for a public “loss of trust” in Australia’s much-loved carrier.

At a fractious annual meeting in Melbourne, 83% of shareholders voted against a…