2017 – Officier de la légion d’honneur de France

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2012 – Inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame

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2008 – Named Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Institute

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2006 – Doctor of Science, honoris causa, McGill University

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2004 – Named to the Quebec Air & Space Hall of Fame

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2002 – Airline Business Strategy Award by Airline Business Magazine

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2002 – Named Transportation Man of the Year by Flight International Magazine

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2002 – Named Director General Emeritus by the International Air Transport Association

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2002 – Appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec by the Government of Québec

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1997 – Honorary Doctorate in International Law awarded by Concordia University

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1995 – 2008 – Chancellor of the Université de Québec à Montréal

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1995 – Received the Independence Medal of the First Order from King Hussein of Jordan

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1991– Named Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the Government of France

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1991 – Roger Demers Prize, awarded by the Gens de l’Air du Québec

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1989 – Named Officer of the Order of Canada by the Government of Canada

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1989 – Management Achievement Award from the McGill Faculty of Management

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1988 – Doctorat Honoris Causa, awarded by the Université de Québec