McArthur to head Virgin regionally

Following the completion of its Skywest acquisition, Virgin Australia has appointed Merren McArthur to the newly created role of group executive, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, based in WA.

Ms McArthur was previously group executive alliances, network & yield, group executive corporate advisory, general counsel and company secretary. Prior to joining Virgin, she was chief advisor at Rio Tinto Iron Ore in Perth.

In her new role, Ms McArthur will drive the airline’s regional operations and grow its presence in the high growth fly-in fly-out market segment.