WestJet CEO Ed Sims to retire at the end of the year

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted June 9, 2021 1:53 pm

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WestJet president and CEO Ed Sims addresses the airline's annual meeting in Calgary, Tuesday, May 7, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh.

WestJet says CEO Ed Sims will retire at the end of this year.

The Calgary-based airline says Sims will remain as president and chief executive as well as a member of the WestJet Group board of directors until December.

It says that moving forward he will continue in a senior advisory role with Onex Partners focused on aerospace and aviation.

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Onex Corp. bought WestJet in 2019.

Sims joined WestJet in 2017 as an executive vice-president and became president and CEO in 2018.

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The airline says its board of directors has started a search for a new chief executive.

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