Air Canada CEO Resigns, Board Hunts for Replacement

0:00It's March 30, Vancouver news today starts now, AI powered and ready. Air Canada just launched a hunt for its next CEO after Michael Russo announced he's stepping down later this year. Russo has been with the airline for nearly 20 years and took the top job back in 2021. He'll officially exit at the end of the third quarter, right around September 30. This news drops amid some heat he caught last week, over an English-only video paying respects to two pilots killed in a March 22 crash at a guzz, La Guardia airport. Critics, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, called it out as showing a lack of compassion, especially since its get French. Now the boards on the clock define a replacement and will keep tabs as this leadership shift unfolds at one of Canada's biggest carriers.