Canada Jetlines has appointed Percy Gyara as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 28 March.
Mr Gyara is a globally experienced senior finance leader with a successful career of 25-plus years spanning North America, India and the Middle East.
He has extensive finance and operational experience in the airline and travel sector in North America, having started with Skyservice Airlines, a Canadian charter operator.
Mr Gyara’s most recent roles include VP Finance at Sunwing Travel Group, the largest travel company in North America. He earned his Certified General Accountant (CGA) qualification from Canada and he is a Chartered Accountant (CA) from India.
A Canada Jetlines spokesperson said: “Mr Gyara will be replacing Barbara Syrek, who is pursuing a new opportunity. As CFO, Mrs Syrek was instrumental in setting up several financial systems that are critical to the airline as it approaches its launch date. Her work ethic and experience in airline industry have been a great benefit to Canada Jetlines and the Board thanks her for her service.”
Meanwhile, Canada Jetlines has postponed the planned launch of the arrangement with Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) for the sale of spring charter flights to Florida.
The launch was delayed to evaluate the impacts from the onset of the omicron variant and the travel advice from the Canadian government. The two companies are now evaluating options for the next winter period to address what is anticipated to be an extremely busy travel season.
