Qantas CEO Alan Joyce Steps Down Early After Horror Final Weeks
- Joyce to step down Sept. 6, two months earlier than planned
- Airline accused of selling seats on canceled flights
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Alan Joyce is stepping down early as head of Qantas Airways Ltd., an ignominious exit for one of aviation’s highest-profile leaders after claims the airline sold tickets for thousands of flights it had already canceled.
Joyce, who was due to hand over to Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson in November, will leave Sept. 6, Qantas said in a statement Tuesday. She’ll now have the task of repairing the carrier’s tattered reputation with customers as regulators tighten their focus on Qantas’s dominance of Australia’s aviation market.