CHC elects Guylaine Saucier to the board

CHC elects Guylaine Saucier to the board 


VANCOUVER, March 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Craig L. Dobbin, O.C., Executive
Chairman of CHC Helicopter Corporation ("CHC") (TSX: FLY.SV.A and FLY.MV.B;
NYSE: FLI) is pleased to announce the election of Guylaine Saucier to the Board
of Directors.

Guylaine Saucier sits on the boards of several major Canadian corporations,
including Petro-Canada Inc. and the Bank of Montreal. Ms Saucier is a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants and served as Chair of the Joint
Corporate Governance Committee sponsored by the Toronto Stock Exchange, the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and the Canadian Venture
Exchange.

She has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio Canada and of
CICA, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of
Canada. Ms Saucier served as President and CEO of Le Groupe Gerard Saucier
Ltee, a major company specializing in forest products, from 1975 to 1989.

CHC Helicopter Corporation is the world's largest provider of helicopter
services to the global offshore oil and gas industry, with aircraft operating
in 30 countries and a team of approximately 3,400 professionals worldwide.

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  uncertainties including, but not limited to, factors detailed in CHC's
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  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.
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