CHC Appoints New CEO VANCOUVER, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Craig L. Dobbin, O.C., Chairman of CHC Helicopter Corporation ("CHC") (TSX: FLY.A and FLY.B; NYSE: FLI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sylvain Allard as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Allard will replace Mr. Dobbin as Chief Executive Officer, effective today. Mr. Dobbin will assume a new role as Executive Chairman, and will remain closely associated with the affairs of the company. Mr. Dobbin said: "Sylvain has helped guide us to record earnings year after year, and I'm confident that with this new appointment CHC will continue to expand and prosper as the world's largest helicopter services company." Mr. Allard started with the Company as a helicopter pilot in Eastern Canada in 1982. He earned a Masters of Business Administration degree (Gold Medallist) from Concordia University, Montreal, and has held several key positions in the Company, including Chief Pilot, President of Viking Helicopters Ltd., President of Canadian Helicopters (Eastern), and President of CHC Helicopters International. On April 30, 1998, Mr. Allard was appointed President of the Company. As president, Mr. Allard helped facilitate the successful acquisition and consolidation of HSG Group and Schreiner Aviation, and the focusing of CHC into the world's largest offshore helicopter operator. CHC Helicopter Corporation is the world's largest provider of helicopter services to the global offshore oil and gas industry, with aircraft operating in more than 30 countries and a team of approximately 3,400 professionals worldwide. If you wish to be added to, or removed from, the Company's distribution list, please contact mailto:. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This press release may contain projections and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbour" provision of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these projections and other statements represent our best current judgement, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, factors detailed in CHC's Annual Report on Form 20-F and in other filings with the United States SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATASOURCE: CHC Helicopter Corporation CONTACT: Jo Mark Zurel, Senior Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, (604) 276-7500; Chris Flanagan, Director of Communications, (604) 279-2493/340-7659; Archived images on this organization are available through CNW E-Pix at http://www.newswire.ca/. Images are free to members of The Canadian Press. To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to http://www.newswire.ca/ and click on reports@cnw.

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