Issue 301: Head to Head

Geoff Dixon manoeuvres for control of Qantas against his former protege Alan Joyce.

It is extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what the alleged plotters that make up Aviation Partners Australia (APA) Mark 2 actually want to achieve with Qantas.

The plotters own a reported two per cent of the airline and, according to various reports, comprise Qantas chief Geoff Dixon, former Qantas CFO Peter Gregg, marketing guru John Singleton, financial entrepreneur Mark Carnegie and Gerry Harvey, executive chairman of Harvey Norman retail outlets.