CHARLES MCKEE IS AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CANADA JETLINES TEAM

will enjoy visiting and selling to our mutual customers.”

As part of the WestJet Group, in future Sunwing Vacations will be in a position to further expand its sun leisure offerings across WestJet’s extensive network on a year-round basis. The tour operator will maintain its headquarters in the Greater Toronto Area along with its Quebec head office in the Greater Montreal Area.

“We will leverage the WestJet network in future to drive increased scale and growth to expand our Sunwing Vacations offering, alongside the WestJet Vacations brand. It’s an exciting time for the business and we look forward to continued collaboration with travel advisors to bring more choice to Canadians now and into the future,” said Dawson.

Duncan Bureau departs Canada Jetlines, McKee named CCO

TORONTO — Duncan Bureau has stepped away from his role as Chief Commercial Officer of Canada Jetlines. Bureau had been with Canada Jetlines since 2021. At that time he was returning to the Canadian airline industry after a year with Etihad Airways, where he was Senior VP Sales & Distribution. Bureau is an airline industry veteran, from his early days at Canadian Airlines and WestJet, to Malaysia Airlines, and then to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge.

A statement from Canada Jetlines says Bureau left the company to pursue other opportunities. The company notes that Bureau assisted Canada Jetlines with its start-up and the launch of several commercial systems and integration into distribution platforms, and thanked Bureau for his contributions and wished him well in his next endeavors.

Effective June 28 Charles McKee is now Chief Commercial Officer. McKee comes to the Canada Jetlines with chief marketing and revenue responsibilities in the travel technology, airline, hotel and national destination marketing sectors.

Says Canada Jetlines CEO and President, Eddy Doyle: “Charles brings with him more than 30 years of experience with leading travel companies, in marketing, branding, sales and revenue management. He is an excellent addition to the Canada Jetlines team and will focus on growing brand awareness, distribution channels, and sales and revenue growth for the company.”

Most recently McKee was SVP, Commercial Products, for Sabre Corporation. He has also worked for Markey Int’l, Radisson Hotel Group Americas and lastminute.com, Delta Hotels & Resorts, Malaysia Airlines and Air Canada, the Canadian Tourism Commission and Virgin Atlantic Airways.