Kane Cornes torches Qantas and CEO Alan Joyce live on Sunday Footy Show

AFL great Kane Cornes has delivered both barrels to Qantas and the airline’s CEO Alan Joyce in a fiery rant on air on Sunday.

Kane Cornes has delivered both barrels to Qantas in a fiery rant on air on Sunday morning.

The Port Adelaide premiership player turned media personality was at his furious best as he strolled into the Sunday Footy Show studio in the middle of the broadcast.

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Cornes was late onto the desk of the show after receiving a nightmare text message in the middle of the night.

His early morning flight from Adelaide to Melbourne had been cancelled with the airline putting him on a flight later in the morning.

The move left Cornes seething and after taking his place at the desk he unloaded on the airline and Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.

“I’m so sorry, this is so unprofessional,” Cornes said as he appeared on camera.

“I’ve got sleep in my eyes, no make up on. Bloody Qantas. You should never fly with them, I’m always a Virgin person TJ.

“Richard Branson and the crew always look after me. I didn’t have to come across last night so I thought I’d stay in Adelaide.

Kane Cornes let rip at Qantas.

“I got a text at 1:39am ‘we’ve cancelled your flight and put you on a 10am flight which will land at 12pm’.

“So I text the bosses at Nine just expecting them to say don’t worry about it, stay in bed it’s Fathers Day … Lloydo has had one off, TJ you missed four weeks.

“But no, needed to get here. Didn’t even have time to put my sponsors top on.”

After being pressed for his thoughts on the airline by Tony Jones, Cornes went after Joyce and his recent pay bump.

“Shocking. I saw the CEO got 10 million in shares during the week and he cannot even get the first flight out at six o’clock. Can’t even get that out on time. Disgraceful.”

The dreaded 1.39am text - Qantas 💀 pic.twitter.com/PqN7oS4Yb5

— Kane Cornes (@kanecornes) September 3, 2023

The airline has come under heavy fire in recent days with opposition leader Peter Dutton saying the company has “tarnished its brand”.

His remarks come in the wake of allegations the airline sold tickets on 8000 flights it had already cancelled.

Speaking on Sky News on Sunday morning, Mr Dutton said he, “like many Australians”, is “disappointed” with alleged way Qantas has been treating customers, adding there has been a “level of arrogance” to how the airline has conducted itself.

“There have been a lot of customers who I think have made legitimate complaints over the course of the last few days about their interactions with Qantas, the ability to get refunds for tickets purchased, and the ACCC obviously supports an investigation,” he told the network.

“I think Alan Joyce has been a very effective CEO of policies, he has a personal relationship with Anthony Albanese and obviously, this is a relationship that works two ways.”