Rania Chehade has 25+ years of experience in the airline industry. She has held various positions in Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Operations, Product Management, Distribution, and B2B Loyalty Programs.

Mrs. Chehade is Air Canada’s Director Distribution Platforms and Product Delivery, where she is responsible for leading the strategy for all B2B distribution platforms and the strategic development roadmap for direct and indirect channels. Mrs. Chehade has a cross functional role across the organization where she is modernizing distribution through the adoption of technologies like NDC and innovative product solutions, thereby expanding the reach of Air Canada’s core products in all markets and enabling a consistent, improved user experience across all B2B and B2C indirect channels.

In her role, Mrs. Chehade also oversees the development of new distribution partnerships delivering multiple connection options to expand the reach of the NDC program and distribution content globally.

Mrs. Chehade is the Air Canada representative and current chair of the IATA Shop Order Standards Board.

Mrs. Chehade holds a Bachelor’s degree of Arts and Sciences in communication science from Université de Montreal, a designation for Scrum Fundamentals Certification, a certificate for Driving Digital Transformation Experience online executive program from IMD, and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.