Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd's Chief Executive Alan Joyce on Tuesday sold A$16.9 million ($11.27 million) worth of shares in the airline, giving away a bulk of his holdings ahead of his retirement later this year, according to an exchange filing.

($1 = 1.4995 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)