VA fires second in command to depart immediately

[pauly7]

Virgin Australia's second-in-command will depart the airline this week after his position was removed in a management restructure under new chief executive Paul Scurrah.

Rob Sharp's role as group executive will be split into two new positions: chief operations officer and chief commercial officer, Virgin staff were told on Tuesday.

The restructure is the second major change Mr Scurrah has made at the financially struggling airline since he took on the top job six weeks ago, after he last week pushed back an order of Boeing's troubled 737 MAX aircraft.

Virgin has run at a statutory loss in each of the past six financial years, as the business transformed from a budget airline to a full-service carrier competing head-to-head with its larger rival Qantas.


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Virgin Australia second-in-command departs under restructure

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[Mattg]

The new CEO isn't mucking around with making changes.

 

[Melburnian1]

I know someone who runs an organisation with between 50 and 100 staff.

A couple of years ago the entity approached VA to see what deals it could offer for the organisation's 15 to 20 regular flyers.

VA apparently was not interested. I found this amazing. How can it afford to be so complacent when its competitor (deficient as it is) has a greater share of the corporate travel market? I don't believe the organisation was "demanding" huge reductions in fares compared to what it paid for QF flights, but VA allegedly didn't even bother to follow up.

Of course I've only heard one side of the story, but even if 75 per cent true it doesn't impress.

 

[kamchatsky]

I know someone who runs an organisation with between 50 and 100 staff.

A couple of years ago the entity approached VA to see what deals it could offer for the organisation's 15 to 20 regular flyers.

VA apparently was not interested. I found this amazing. How can it afford to be so complacent when its competitor (deficient as it is) has a greater share of the corporate travel market? I don't believe the organisation was "demanding" huge reductions in fares compared to what it paid for QF flights, but VA allegedly didn't even bother to follow up.

Of course I've only heard one side of the story, but even if 75 per cent true it doesn't impress.

I think in in general VA is consistently cheaper than QF in the corporate market, based on my work travel in previous job. Therefore they may think that should be sufficient.

Also I think 15 to 20 regular flyer is not enough for VA to offer additional discounts or offers. Most small to medium companies have BFOD policies anyway.