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QANTAS has dumped its 40-year partnership with the federal government's tourism body, claiming its boss Geoff Dixon is deliberately trying to sabotage the airline.
The national carrier has suspended a $50 million marketing deal with Tourism Australia, claiming its chairman Mr Dixon, a former Qantas CEO, was "agitating" behind the scenes to remove the current Qantas management. Qantas has formally suspended its relationship and will now redirect its significant marketing budget, which helps the federal government market Australia overseas, to state-based tourism bodies.
The Daily Telegraph has confirmed that Qantas boss Alan Joyce wrote to Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson late yesterday informing him that the Qantas board was suspending all future dealings with Tourism Australia.
It is believed the letter cited an "untenable" conflict of interest by Mr Dixon following reports he was leading a consortium to remove the current Qantas management and buy out the airline.
It claimed Mr Dixon could not act impartially as a government-appointed chairman while privately seeking to undermine the carrier.
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Mr Dixon walked away from Qantas in 2008.
Qantas pulls $50 million deal over tourism 'sabotage' | News.com.au
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