Air France-KLM announces the appointment of Jean-Eudes de La Bretèche as General Director of its Canadian operations. He began his 13-year career with Air France-KLM in Paris as part of the Revenue Management team before joining the CEO’s office as Project Coordinator.

In 2013, he became Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice-President Commercial, moved to the Tokyo office in 2014 as Commercial Director overseeing the Japanese, Korean and New Caledonia markets. He returned to Paris in 2017 to assume the position of Alliances Director Americas, where he was primarily in charge of coordinating the management of the transatlantic joint ventures with Delta and Virgin Atlantic, and negotiating commercial agreements between Air France-KLM and its partner airlines in the Americas, including WestJet and AeroMexico.

‘I am delighted to take the helm of the Air France-KLM Group in Canada at a time that is so particular. After more than two years of travel restrictions, we are thrilled to finally be able to welcome so many of our passengers aboard our planes again. I have every confidence our teams will provide our Canadian customers the very finest travel experience,’ said de La Bretèche. ‘Together, we will continue to work alongside our partners Delta, Virgin Atlantic, and also continue to foster our partnership with WestJet.’

The Air France-KLM Canada delegation employs 180 people who work in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Quebec City.