Category: Airlines

CEO Alan Joyce, who has led Qantas since 2008, was originally to leave the role at the airline’s AGM in November, but will now hand over the reins to CFO Vanessa Hudson as of Wednesday 6 September. Qantas’s current Executive of strategy, people and technology, Rob Marcolina, will take over as CFO.

In an interview with ABC Radio National, deputy chairman John Sharp also questioned whether outgoing CEO Alan Joyce deserved his potential $24 million final pay packet.

Starting 7 December, the Vietnamese national carrier will fly return three times per week from Perth to Ho Chi Minh City on a 274-seat 787 Dreamliner, adding more than 85,000 seats and nearly 6,000 tonnes of cargo capacity per year between WA and Vietnam.

Queensland's Acting Premier Steven Miles added his government would like to see “as many flights as possible” because passengers arriving in his state would create “jobs and prosperity”.