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Oneworld appoints Alan Joyce as board chairman
September 21st 2018
The oneworld governing board on Tuesday nominated Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce, to serve as its chairman for the next two years. Read More »
Joyce will succeed Finnair CEO, Pekka Vauramo, who assumed oneworld’s chairmanship in June 2017, but is currently in the process of transitioning from the airline to join Finland’s Metso Corporation as its new CEO.
Prior to Pekka Vauramo, the position has been filled by CEOs from American Airlines (Gerard Arpey and Tom Horton), British Airways/IAG (Willie Walsh) and Cathay Pacific Airways (Ivan Chu).
The oneworld Governing Board comprises the CEOs of all the alliance’s member airlines – American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LATAM Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airlines, alongside Qantas. As part of oneworld, these airlines carry almost 550 million passengers a year on a combined fleet of 3,500 aircraft.
“As a founding member of oneworld, we are pleased the alliance has evolved over time to deliver greater value to more customers worldwide and expand its joint network. I look forward to serving as Chairman of the Governing Board and working with our oneworld partner airlines as the alliance reaches the 20th anniversary of its launch,” Alan Joyce said.
