Canada Jetlines has announced the departure of Chief Commercial Officer Duncan Bureau and the appointment of Charles McKee to lead the company's commercial activities, effective June 28.
Jetlines says McKee is an experienced executive across the travel space, with chief marketing and revenue responsibilities in the travel technology, airline, hotel and national destination marketing sectors.
"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," said Canada Jetlines' CEO and President Eddy Doyle.
McKee's most recent role was SVP, Commercial Products, for Sabre Corporation. There he led a global team in solution design and management of the revenue optimization and pricing, network planning, data and analytics, and low-cost carrier reservation platform products for the world's best airline and agency customers.
His prior work has included Executive Director, Markey Int'l, a boutique investment and advisory group focused on the travel space; chief commercial officer roles at Radisson Hotel Group Americas and lastminute.com; chief marketing roles at Delta Hotels & Resorts, Malaysia Airlines, and Air Canada; and senior leadership roles at the Canadian Tourism Commission and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
McKee graduated from Harvard University with an honours degree in East Asian studies.
Duncan Bureau is departing Canada Jetlines to pursue other opportunities. (Fair Use)Jetlines says Bureau is departing to pursue other opportunities. Jetlines states: "Bureau assisted the company with its start-up and the launch of several commercial systems and integration into distribution platforms. (We) would like to thank Mr. Bureau for his contributions to the company and wish him well in his next endeavours."
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