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    Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 222 destinations worldwide.

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    Air Canada was incorporated as Trans-Canada Air Lines by an Act of Parliament on 10 April 1937 to provide a publicly owned air transportation service. Stock was vested in Canadian National Railways (CNR). Scheduled operations commenced on 1 September 1937 when passenger and mail service was inaugurated between Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, Washington...

    Like most other airlines, Air Canada expanded dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s, but amid rising fuel costs and price wars recession hit in the mid-1970s. Before restrictions were removed for CP Air, Air Canada had 77.8% of domestic traffic. However, passengers and cargo declined drastically in the early 1980s. The company responded with pay cuts...

    The government privatized the company in 1989 but its financial losses continued. In summer 1992 Air Canada and Canadian Airlines began negotiating a merger that was ultimately unsuccessful. Air Canada entered into an agreement with Continental in December 1992. In 1995 the Open Skies Agreement signed by Jean Chrétien and Bill Clinton gave carriers...

    The honeymoon would not last long as Air Canada turned into a bigger target for discount carriers, notably WestJet of Calgary, Alberta. At the end of 2000, the company issued a profit warning and cut 3500 jobs. Following the events of 11 September 2001 when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York, Air Canada, like much of the rest of...

    The carrier that many still regard as "Canada's national airline" has come a long way since its celebrated launch in 1937. The consequences of being a full participant in the marketplace, whether from increasing competition or a cyclical economy, have left their mark and Air Canada is, it appears, in the final stages of one of the most defining and...

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  4. Star Alliance. Air Canada is Canada 's largest airline. It flies from Canada to the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and some Caribbean countries. Air Canada began on September 1, 1937. [1] It was first called Trans-Canada Air Lines. The first flight was from Vancouver to Seattle.

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  5. May 16, 2012 · Air Canada: A Slow Descent. Article by Chris Sorensen. Published Online May 16, 2012. Last Edited December 15, 2013. The AIR CANADA back-to-work legislation, passed March 14, was meant to spare Canadians from the nightmare, both personal and economic, of a crippling strike by ground workers and a lockout of pilots at the country's biggest airline.

  6. May 23, 2018 · Public Company. Incorporated: 1988. Sales: C $3.57 billion. Employees: 20,600. Stock Exchanges: Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Alberta Vancouver. Air Canada is an international air carrier that provides scheduled and chartered air transportation services for passengers and cargo.

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