Air Canada president and chief executive officer Calin Rovinescu has announced the appointment of Jon Turner as vice-president, Maintenance.
Turner began his career at Air Canada in 1980 and held a wide-range of critical operational positions with the company. From 1997 to 2004, as general manager, Aircraft Programs, he was responsible for all aspects of Air Canada"™s aircraft acquisition and disposal.
From 2004 to 2007 he was vice-president, Maintenance and Engineering. He is returning to Air Canada after working at other airlines, most recently Air Canada Express partner, Sky Regional, where he was president and chief executive officer.
He will report to Richard Steer, Senior vice-president, Operations, who reports to Benjamin Smith, president, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada, who has overall responsibility for all aspects of the operations of the airline…