SAS AB Chief Executive Officer Anko van der Werff is emerging as a frontrunner to lead Air Canada, according to people familiar with the matter, succeeding Michael Rousseau, who said in March he’d leave after a public outcry over his omission to speak French in a corporate video.

Business jet departures in the Middle East declined about 30% in the aftermath of the Iran war, a trend that’s at risk of continuing until a peace deal is signed.