Alan Joyce says he will be going at full pace running the airline as his successor prepares to take over in November. He will keep rising each day at 5am.
It’s been quite the journey for Joyce, who was born in 1966 and grew up in Tallaght, a village on the outskirts of Dublin. He is the eldest of four brothers. His entry to the aviation industry was at Aer Lingus, where he toiled for eight years as a research analyst after completing studies in physics and mathematics at the Dublin Institute of Technology and then Trinity College.Joyce arrived in Melbourne in 1996 to work for what was Qantas’ main rival at the time, Ansett.
Asked about the letter this week, Joyce says it was seminal. There had been other offers after that too, to return to Europe. “It was always tempting, with elderly parents”. He stayed and by 2008 was anointed chief executive.Dixon, who was CEO from 2001 to 2008, says running the airline is all-consuming. The relentless spotlight has become more intense with the disruptions of the pandemic.
“You took it bit by bit. And then you could digest it,” Joyce says of navigating the pandemic. There were many sleepless nights. He borrows from the famous Winston Churchill quote: “I was sleeping like a baby. I was waking up screaming every three hours.” “You’ve got to run the business profitably,” Clifford says. “People always have a view about airlines, that they should be cheaper, and the service be better.”
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