Dubliner appointed Qantas chief at challenging juncture

AUSTRALIA’s state airline Qantas has appointed 42-year-old Dubliner, Alan Joyce as its chief executive.

Mr Joyce, who worked for Aer Lingus for eight years prior to moving to Australia in the early part of this decade, currently heads up Qantas’s low fares subsidiary, Jetstar.

He has been with the Qantas group, in various roles, since 2000 and has been chief executive of Jetstar since its establishment in 2003.