Former Jetstar boss Jayne Hrdlicka will take over as chief executive of Virgin Australia from Paul Scurrah by November.
Key points:
- The change at the top of Virgin Australia comes after the airline was sold to US private equity firm Bain Capital
- The sale process is almost finalised, and incoming CEO Jayne Hrdlicka will take over in early November
- Bain Capital is still giving assurances that it won’t move the airline to a purely low-cost option
Ms Hrdlicka, who was part of Bain Capital’s successful bid team to take control of Virgin Australia, was previously chief executive at Jetstar and A2 Milk.
Virgin went into voluntary administration with hefty debts in April, as the coronavirus pandemic brought the airline industry to a halt.
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