Executive appointments at Air Canada

Air Canada has made the following three key executive appointments.

Sean Menke, formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Frontier Airlines, has joined Air Canada as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Reporting directly to Air Canada's President and Chief Executive Officer, Montie Brewer, he will be responsible for all commercial aspects of the airline's worldwide operations including marketing, sales, scheduling, brand, research and product development, international affairs, alliances and Jetz, the carrier's specialty charter service. Prior to his appointment as COO at Denver-based Frontier Airlines, Mr. Menke oversaw all aspects of the airline's pricing, revenue management, scheduling, planning, advertising, brand management, sales, reservations, frequent flyer, e-commerce, customer service and ground operations activities.

Mr. Menke holds a Bachelor of Science, Economics and Aviation Management, and a Masters Business Administration. His appointment is effective July 11, 2005.

Joshua Koshy, formerly Senior Vice President, Information Technology at Emirates Group, is to join Air Canada as the airline's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Reporting directly to Montie Brewer, Mr. Koshy will be responsible for all aspects of Air Canada's financial reporting, Six Sigma and project management organization. At Dubai-based Emirates, he was responsible for financial services throughout the group prior to leading its information technology activities. Mr. Koshy is a qualified chartered accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a qualified CDP from the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals, U.S.A. His appointment is effective August 1, 2005.

He replaces Rob Peterson, who continues in his role as Executive Vice President and CFO, ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., Air Canada's parent company.

David Tait, formerly Executive Vice President of Virgin Atlantic's North America operations, is to join Air Canada as Senior Vice President, Customer Service. Reporting to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Rob Reid, Mr. Tait will be responsible for customers' airport and in-flight experience, call centres, customer solutions and customer service strategy.

Prior to joining Air Canada, he led the start-up of Virgin Atlantic in the United States and was thereafter responsible for the carrier's North American operations. Mr. Tait holds an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in recognition of his services to the interests of British aviation in the United States. His appointment is effective September 1, 2005.

All three executives will be located at the airline's Montreal headquarters.

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