Qantas takes on a former executive that “knows too much”

After a decade with the Australian airline, former executive Nick Rohrlach takes job at Virgin Australia

Qantas has won a last-minute court order that will stop former executive from jumping ship to the rival airline, Virgin Australia.

This comes after two failed attempts to prevent Rohrlach from taking the job at Virgin.

Rohrlach landed a job at Virgin’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program

Former Jetstar Japan co-chief Nick Rohrlach is waiting until the court case is resolved before he starts his new job.

The case was lodged in Singapore’s Supreme court.

 He joined the airline in 2011 as Head of Strategy and Planning before switching over to Jetstar, eventually running their headquarters in Japan.

In October last year, he returned to Sydney to take up a job with Qantas Loyalty.

Qantas Executive Rohrlach knows “too much” about the airline

Qantas is arguing that he knows “too much” about Qantas, leading to fears he could bring insider information to Virgin.

“Right up until he informed Qantas of his new role at Velocity, was it suggested that the flow of information from Qantas should cease,” a Qantas spokesperson told The Australian.

 The Australian’s Robyn Ironside reports that Qantas has applied to the Supreme Court of Singapore for an emergency injunction.

Switching employers in the airline industry is common enough. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has previously worked at Aer Lingus and Ansett Australia.