Here are the challenges facing incoming Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson
Vanessa Hudson has just won one of the highest-profile jobs in Australia — CEO of iconic airline Qantas Airways. The 28-year company veteran replaces Alan Joyce, who will step down in November after 15 years in the role — one of the global aviation industry’s longest tenures. While Joyce is famed for turning around the airline at least twice — recently posting a record A$1b ($663m first-half profit — he leaves a divisive legacy and an expensive future for Hudson. Story looks at five of the top tasks facing the first woman to lead the 103-year-old airline: paying for planes; repairing ties; non-stop to New York; healthy rivalry and going green. <br/>
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Here are the challenges facing incoming Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson
Vanessa Hudson has just won one of the highest-profile jobs in Australia — CEO of iconic airline Qantas Airways. The 28-year company veteran replaces Alan Joyce, who will step down in November after 15 years in the role — one of the global aviation industry’s longest tenures. While Joyce is famed for turning around the airline at least twice — recently posting a record A$1b ($663m first-half profit — he leaves a divisive legacy and an expensive future for Hudson. Story looks at five of the top tasks facing the first woman to lead the 103-year-old airline: paying for planes; repairing ties; non-stop to New York; healthy rivalry and going green. <br/>
