Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA – Partner Jet Inc. are specialists in the executive and
private travel industry.
The company's current focus is largely on aircraft management, sales,
maintenance and charter
services.
The
Board of Directors of Partner Jet, is very pleased to announce the appointment
of James (Jim) A. Morrison as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In announcing this
promotion, the board said, “Jim’s experience and reputation within the aviation
industry greatly enhances and augments the Partner Jet group and brings a new
level of experience to our management and direction. He is well known and
recognized for his business acumen and professionalism in all matters.” This
appointment is effective immediately. Jim replaces Ian McDougall who has
retired as the Company’s senior officer.
Mr.
Morrison first came to Partner Jet in the fall of 2011 as Managing Director. In
his new capacity he will hold senior responsibility for the day-to-day
management, oversight and direction of all business in addition to managing the
growth, development plans and activities of the Partner Jet team.
Jim Morrison’s
appointment as senior officer represents an important new direction for Partner
Jet. He brings a wealth of corporate and
commercial aviation experience earned over decades in Canada and abroad. He started
his flying career in 1966 and 1968 was
working commercially with Bradley Air Services. He has a total of 13,000 flying
hours to his credit, operating worldwide on a variety of aircraft types
including DC3, HS 748, Twin Otter, Dash 8 and B737.
Morrison
has held senior management positions with Air Creebec, Air Ontario, Skyservice,
Execaire and until January 2011 was with Porter Airlines as Chief Operating
Officer.
Jim
also believes strongly in giving back to the community. He is a past member of
the board of directors of the CBAA (Canadian Business Aviation Association) and
ATAC (the Air Transportation Association of Canada) and currently serves on the
board of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame.
To speak with Jim Morrison, Telephone – (905)
676-0092 or Email – jmorrison@partnerjet.com.
About the company . . .
Partner
Jet is a publicly held and traded firm. Located at the North End Executive
Aviation Complex of Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ),
their current “fleet” of managed aircraft encompasses a broad range of business
aviation types from the Challenger 605, through midsized aircraft such as the
Cessna Citation and Hawker series, to smaller, business jet options such as the
Lear 35. The firm also has rotary wing aircraft in its fleet including variants
of the MD and Bell families. All the Partner Jet fleet is available for private
charter.
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