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Issue #395: Small Jets & The Chairman’s Lounge

Vanessa who? We need to stop talking about Alan…

Can you name the new Qantas CEO? Well, of course you can, because you’re subscribing to Australian Aviation. But do you think the average person on the street knows who Vanessa Hudson is? Probably not. I mention this because her predecessor wasn’t just the most famous airline executive of his generation, he was undoubtedly the most recognisable business executive in Australia and one of the most famous people in the country. Even now, 12 months later, we can’t stop talking about Alan Joyce.

It’s a sign of his monumental impact, good or bad, that the country’s most famous journalist, Joe Aston, left The Australian Financial Review to write his bombshell book, The Chairman’s Lounge, about Joyce and Qantas.

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