Corporate Travel News

Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) announced the appointment of Jon Mamela as chief marketing officer and Rupert Peters as interim vice-president, International (CTC News, 02-Jan-2014). Mr Mamela, formerly CTC's vice-president for International, will report to interim president and CEO Greg Klassen. Rupert Peters, currently CTC's regional managing director for core markets, will take on the role of interim vice-president, International, and will be responsible for both core and emerging markets. CTC plans to launch a competition for a new vice-president in strategy and corporate communications later in 2014, following the departure of Paul Nursey in mid Jan-2014.

Monarch Airlines selected (19-Jun-2013) CTC as its exclusive partner to provide a further group of aspiring pilots with the opportunity to train to become the airlines future pilots. Monarch Airlines MD Kevin George said the airline's first group of MPL graduates will begin flying with the airline "very soon" and said the airline has "already seen an impressive increase in their capacity and skill". [more - original PR]

easyJet announced (24-Apr-2013) an agreement with training company CTC to provide an initial intake of 36 trainees to commence multi-crew pilot's licence training in 2013 and be qualified for line operations with easyJet by late 2014 or early 2015. Training will take place at CTC's facilities in the UK and New Zealand. easyJet head of flight operations Brian Tyrrell said, "easyJet is actively recruiting 200 pilots with a cross-section of experience levels - both qualified and cadet pilots. We have been enhancing the career paths for our pilots and we are confident that we are offering an excellent opportunity for new pilots to begin and develop their careers with us." [more - original PR]

CTC Aviation Training stated (25-Nov-2011) it is experiencing strong business growth on the back of some significant international contracts. The latest agreement to be signed is a long-term contract with Royal Brunei Airlines to train all the carrier's new pilots. The agreement follows new business from British Airways and Monarch Airlines secured over the last few months. In Oct-2011, Monarch Airlines and CTC Aviation announced a new partnership to deliver Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL) training together. Monarch and CTC have a long-standing relationship and almost one quarter of Monarch's current pilot workforce are graduates of CTC's cadet training programme. Monarch has selected CTC to exclusively supply all their future cadet pilots under a newly launched cadet training programme. In Aug-2011, CTC signed a long-term agreement with British Airways to manage the whole of the airline's new 'Future Pilot Programme'. Cadets selected by CTC and British Airways will undergo training at CTC's UK and New Zealand training centres. [more - original PR]