Oneworld names Board chairman
Qantas chief executive oficer Geoff Dixon will become chairman of the Oneworld alliance Governing Board.
He succeeds Fernando Conte, chairman and chief executive ofIberia, who has held the position for more than two years.
A Oneworld statement said Dixon will act as “first among equals” of the chief executives of the grouping’s member airlines, with effect from their next meeting, in LA next week.
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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