Sydney: Qantas Airways Ltd. withheld some of ex-CEO Alan Joyce’s A$21.4 million ($13.8 million) final payout after the airline illegally sacked 1,700 staff and was accused of selling fake tickets on thousands of canceled flights.

Bowing to public outrage, Chairman Richard Goyder retained A$2.2 million of Joyce’s short-term bonuses, while a further A$8.3 million is subject to clawback, the airline said in a statement accompanying its annual report.