Government spokesman.

Mr. Gordon is to come to Bermuda from Canada this weekend as part of a one-year, $616,000 contract Government has signed with YVR, the company that runs the Vancouver International Airport Authority.

Three of the five top Airport managers are to come from Canada through YVR, with the other two top management posts filled by Bermudians. A Bermudian understudy is to work with the Canadians.

If need be, there are clauses in the contract for one or two-year extensions.

Mr. Gordon has 25 years experience in the airline industry and held a senior post with Wardair Canada for 12 years.

In that job, he was responsible for negotiating contracts, and managing operating and capital budgets, a spokesman said.

He has also planned refugee airlifts in Vietnam and Uganda.

From 1968 to 1979, Mr. Gordon was airport customer service and operation manager for CP Air in centres including Guadalajara, Mexico, Edmonton and Prince Rupert in Canada, and Sydney, Australia.

Mr. Gordon has also held top posts with Trans-Australian Airlines and British Airways.

Since leaving Wardair, Mr. Gordon had worked as an aviation consultant and conducted studies related to airline operational issues at various international airports.

One other man, the operations manager, and a woman, the financial comptroller, are to come from Canada through YVR.