** Qantas Airways on track to end 2023 about 10% lower, after gaining about 20% in the previous year
** Australia's flag carrier underperforms the benchmark index , which has risen 8.2% so far this year
** Co faced reputational damage, board renewal, legal action and regulator scrutiny in 2023
** In late Feb, co's shares slumped after it said fares will moderate as airlines unlock capacity, even though it swung to profit in HY
** In early May, co named Vanessa Hudson its next CEO, making her the first woman to lead the century-old airline
** In late August, Qantas posted record annual earnings and announced a share buyback of A$500 mln ($342.25 mln)
** Soon after, the country's competition regulator sued the company, alleging sale of tickets on cancelled flights
** In early September, the carrier said its long-serving CEO Alan Joyce would bring forward his retirement
** The carrier said in October that its chairman Richard Goyder would step down in late 2024, before its AGM
** Also in October, the company dropped its A$611-mln bid to buy Alliance Aviation Services
($1 = 1.4609 Australian dollars)
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(Reporting by Echha Jain in Bengaluru)
((Echha.jain@thomsonreuters.com))
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