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The reshuffle will include the creation of a chief people officer role to handle both human resources and industrial relations, which are currently separate portfolios. The Flying Kangaroo is undertaking a search for the executive who will fill the position.
The chief financial officer will replace current CEO David Ruff, who is retiring at the end of July after 15 years with Babcock Australasia. Mr Cridland has been a mainstay at Babcock in Australia and the United Kingdom since his employment began in 2015.
The plane, nicknamed “Monkey Mia”, is the first of eight MAX 8 aircraft Virgin has on order from Boeing. It is earmarked for use on the airline’s Cairns-Tokyo (Haneda) route, due to launch on Wednesday.
The Flying Kangaroo says its domestic capacity has reached pre-pandemic levels, while international capacity is “climbing towards” that mark as the group predicts more than four million passengers on Qantas and Jetstar services over the winter holidays.
The Flying Kangaroo has also revealed the program will be run in partnership with Aviation Australia and aims to train up to 300 people each year from 2025,
The flight paths, which will be subject to a formal planning and consultation period later this year, have been designed for WSI’s single initial runway. They include reciprocal runway operations (RRO), where planes arrive and depart from the same direction, to minimise noise at night when traffic permits.
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