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The war brewing between Aussie airline executives
There seems to be a war brewing in Australia’s aviation industry.
Qantas is set to go all the way to the Supreme Court of Singapore on Thursday to obtain an injunction to halt Velocity’s ‘defecting’ new CEO from starting his job next week.
The ‘defecting’ new CEO of Virgin Australia’s Velocity programme was a former executive with Qantas.
The eleventh-hour intervention marks the latest twist in the row between the two airlines.
It all started after it emerged the executive in question, accepted a job working for Qantas’ loyalty scheme before switching to the Virgin rival shortly afterward.
The hearing is set for Thursday afternoon in Singapore, with Qantas hoping to convince the court to stop Velocity’s new recruit from beginning the job.