Dubliner Alan Joyce forfeits €5.5m of his Qantas pay after report on ticket fiasco

Airline sold tickets for flights that had already been cancelled, while carrier lost stakeholder trust, says review

Alan Joyce was Qantas CEO from 2008 to 2023. Photo: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

The former boss of Australian carrier Qantas – Dublin native Alan Joyce – has seen his pay for 2023 slashed by A$9.2m (€5.5m) following a debacle that saw the airline selling seats for flights it had already cancelled.

“The events that damaged Qantas and its reputation and caused considerable harm to relationships with customers, employees and other stakeholders were due to a number of factors,” noted the company in a statement to investors.