| “ | Fly the flag | ” |
―Air Canada's slogan | ||
Air Canada is a Canadian airline known for hosting flights to or from Canada. It is the flag carrier of Canada.[1]
History[]
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), Air Canada's predecessor, was founded on April 11, 1937 as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. Passengers started flying on September 1, 1937 with a Lockheed Model 10 Electra carrying two passengers from Vancouver, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington.[2] In 1942, Canadian Pacific Airlines suggested merging with TCA. William Lyon Mackenzie King rejected the proposal and introduced legislation regulating TCA as the only Canadian airline to provide trans-continental flights. By 1964, TCA became the flag carrier of Canada and in 1964, its name was changed to Air Canada, which had long been TCA's official French name. The bill failed but it was later resubmitted and passed, with it changing its name on January 1, 1965.[3] Elizabeth II, the then-queen of Canada flew on the first aircraft with the name Air Canada.[4] On October 31, 2004, the last Air Canada Boeing 747 flight landed from Toronto to Frankfurt, Germany, which ended 33 years of 747 service with the airline.[5] In February 2021, Michael Rousseau became president and CEO, which he currently is.[6]
Trivia[]
- It was the first North American airline to fly the Airbus A319.[7]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/about.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090331113445/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aircanada/history.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060421035635/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aircanada/timeline.html
- ↑ https://www.nfb.ca/film/queen_in_canada_1964/
- ↑ https://altairtravel.ca/air-canada-canadian-flag-carrier-airline/
- ↑ https://aircanada.investorroom.com/Michael-Rousseau
- ↑ https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/about/media/facts-about-air-canada.html
