The man at the helm
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Andrew Drysdale:
joined Fiji Airways in 1964 as one of the company’s first apprentices. Was Fiji Apprenticeship Council s in?A r r” tlCe °* ear in 1970. Licensed on piston, turbo-prop and jet aircraft and is former manager and lecturer at the airline’s technical training school at Nausori. Following several years as engineering planning controller at Air Pacific; left
the company in August 1978 to become general manager of Blue Lagoon Cruises.
In J9BO was appointed general manager of The Travel Company with continuing responsibility for Blue Lagoon in addition to the company’s wholesaling and travel agency division. While with The Travel Company, headed the Design and Build team which
built three ships in Suva for the Blue Lagoon fleet, Was reC ruited back to Air Pacific in April 1988 as chief executive following 18 months studying air line and general manage ment including a period at Harvard Business School, Mr Drysdale is current chairman of the Associ ation of South Pacific Air lines and serves on the board of Pacific Asia Travel Association.
Chief executive: Drysdale