Editing Hudson Fysh (section)

===Further career with Qantas===
[[File:Queensland State Archives 3051 Arrival at Longreach of the Armstrong Whitworth FK8 with the first bag of air mail on the inaugural flight of the first Qantas air service from Charleville to Cloncurry 22 November 1922.png|thumb|Arrival at Longreach of the Armstrong Whitworth FK8 with the first bag of air mail on the inaugural flight of the first Qantas air service from Charleville to Cloncurry 22 November 1922 (Hudson Fysh second from right)]]
[[File:Hudson Fysh and K.G. Jackson.jpg|thumbnail|Fysh (on the left) in 1947, opening an airmail route to Great Britain.]]
In 1922, Qantas was successful in bidding for the second Australian scheduled air route, which was to be established between [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]] and [[Cloncurry, Queensland|Cloncurry]]. The route was backed by the government, procured by relations between Qantas and regional politicians. While still piloting regularly until 1930, hard working Fysh studied business and management, and became managing director in 1923. When the airmail route to England was planned, Qantas successfully tendered, with Fysh involved in planning the route in the years 1931 to 1933. The final agreement saw Qantas flying the airmail to Singapore, where British [[Imperial Airways]] would take over. 1934, Qantas and Imperial Airways built a new company, Qantas Empire Airways, with both companies holding 50% of the stock. Fysh became managing director in the new formed company as well. He was also a co-founder of the [[Tasman Empire Airways Limited|Tasman Empire Airways]] Ltd in 1940, which later should become [[Air New Zealand]].<ref name=adb/>

[[Second World War]] was hitting the prospering business of Qantas hard. Japanese attacks in Singapore destroyed half of Qantas' fleet, the airport in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] was under attack as well. Fysh, still an officer in the [[RAAF]], took responsibility for using Qantas equipment in war-related efforts, for example evacuation and supply flights. In 1946, the Australian government bought Qantas for market value. Fysh was the only manager of the company who supported this course of events. After finishing the negotiations, he became chairman of now government-owned Qantas, succeeding his co-founder McMasters. In 1955 he retired from the position as managing director. After controversies with the rest of the Qantas board, he eventually retired as chairman in 1966.<ref name=adb/>