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Andrew Brown

BIZARRE: Runway cleared for airline crackdown on slot hoarding | Mind Blowing Facts

Qantas and Virgin have faced allegations of deliberately cancelling flights to keep their slots. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Airlines will be slapped with fines of almost $100,000 for misusing valuable flight slots at Australia's busiest airport.

Reforms passed by federal parliament on Thursday aim to increase competition in the airline sector at Sydney Airport following allegations carriers were deliberately cancelling services to maintain valuable slots at terminals.

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