Chorus CEO Out Next Year
HALIFAX – The president and CEO of Chorus Aviation will leave his job at the beginning of next year.
Joe Randell says he plans to retire in the first quarter of 2023, after the company reports its end-of-year financial results.
Chorus’ chief operating officer, Colin Copp, will take over once Randell steps down.
Chorus Aviation is the Halifax-based company known primarily as the parent company of Jazz Aviation, which operates regional flights on behalf of Air Canada. The company also owns North Bay’s Voyager Aviation.
When Randell leaves the company next year he will end a nearly forty-year career in the aviation industry.
Randell founded the Atlantic Canadian-based Air Nova in 1985 and served as the company’s president for years. In 1999, he led the consolidation of Air Nova and Air Alliance, the eastern-based Air Canada regional carriers.
Under his direction, the further consolidation of Air Ontario, Air BC, and Canadian Regional Airlines led to the creation of Jazz Aviation. Jazz is now the primary supplier of regional flights under the Air Canada Express brand.
Randell is also a director of the Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation and the former chairman of the board of directors of the National Airlines Council of Canada.
In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame, which recognized his contribution to advancing Canadian aviation.
Randell’s replacement at Chorus, Colin Copp, was appointed COO of Chorus Aviation and president of Chorus Aviation Services in March of 2019.
His background includes more than 30 years of leadership experience in operations, administration, and labour relations with the company and has held several key leadership roles.
Copp holds a commercial multi-engine pilot license and a master’s degree in business administration. He is a certified negotiator and mediator, a graduate of the Justice Institute of British, and a chartered mediator by the ADR Institute.