Canadian Timeline


Canadian Pacific Airlines

-Formed January 31, 1942.
-June 17, 1968 CP Air image and name announced.
-April 1, 1969 name and image introduced.
-April 24, 1983 Eastern Provincial Airlines CPA partner
-October 3, 1983 Air B.C. became CP Air connector
-December 1983 CP Hotels announced to be transferred and January 1984 was a division of CP Air
-August 31, 1984 EPA and EPA subsidiary Air Maritime sold to CP air.
- September 15, 1980 CP Air “The Company Jet” began, operations quite after 6-month marketing and operational trial.  C-FCPV a 737-217 was lettered specially for the service.
-October 26, 1980 Empress Class introduced on transcontinental and international flights.
-1983 CP Air Holidays part of Transpacific Tours Ltd. Transpacific Tours began in 1973 mainly Japanese markets. Became part of Brewster in May 1995.
-January 28, 1983 Royal Canadian Class introduced on 747 Vancouver to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
-October 29, 1984 Attaché introduced. 3 737 were equipped with 8 first class and 54 business class seats. 737-317 C-FCPI and C-FCPJ delivered in grey and ivory ‘Attaché’ livery, which featured a Pegasus on the tail.
-July 1984 CP Air began Travel Points program.
-July 1986 Nordair acquired Quebecair. Nordair was formed May 26, 1947 as Boreal Airways.
-July 31, 1986 Province of Quebec sold PQ 35% share of Nordair to CP Air.
-January 24, 1987 Nordair fully integrated into CP Air. With Nordair CP Air gained a 35% holding of Nordair Metro. Nordair Metro continued as separate entity until creation of Inter-Canadien. Nordair Metro was formed in December 1985.
-December 17, 1986 CP Air announced a changed of name reverting to Canadian Pacific Airlines.
-January 12, 1986 the new CPA colours introduced on C-FCRE.
-October 26, 1986 CPA and Air Atlantic took a minority share of NorCan Air.
-April 26, 1987 Air B.C. becomes an Air Canada connector dropping CPA.

Pacific Western Airlines

-Formed July 1, 1945 as Central British Columbia Airways.
-May 15, 1953 name changed to Pacific Western Airlines as the result of previously acquired airlines Kamloops Air Service, Skeena Air Transport and Associated Air Taxi being combined with CBCA.
-1954 Whitehorse Flying Services acquired.
-July 1956 Queen Charlotte Airlines acquired.
-February 1977 PWA acquired 70% holding of Transair.
-1977 purchases Transpacific Tours (Sold May 1, 1995 to Brewster for $25 million)
-November 1979 Transair integrated into PWA.
-1984 PWA acquires 42% holding of Time Air Inc.
-1985 Air Canada and PWA acquire 24.5% of Air Ontario each.
-February 1, 1987 PWA completed acquisition of CPA.
PWAC

-At time of merger PWAC owned:
-100% PWA
-100% CPA
            -100% EPA
            - 100% Nordair
            -100% Quebecair
            -35% Nordair Metro(Quebecair, Nordair Metro and Quebecair Inter)
-25% Norcanair (To Time air
-20% Air Atlantic
-46% Time Air
-33% The Gemini Group, a joint Integrated Electronic Reservation and Product Distribution System.
-50% GPA Jetprop Limited (aircraft under 70 seats). Sold September 1990.
-32% GPA Airbus 320 Limited, as part of A320 deals. Maintained 25% in 1991.
-100% Pacific Western Aircraft Leasing (1986)
-100% Treasure Tours (Canada)- Became Canadian Holidays. North American tours to other North American destinations and the South Pacific, Orient, and South America.
-100% Pacific Western Holidays.
-100% Transpacific Tours (Canada) customers from New Zealand, Japan, Australia and Europe. CP Air Holidays began in 1979. Sold May 1995.
-PWAC holding company for CAI, 4% Maximum per Shareholder.
Pacific Western Airlines Corporation incorporated February 22, 1956.
Pacific Western Airlines Corporation January 20, 1984 to December 18, 1987
PWA Corporation December 19, 1987 to May 04, 1995
Canadian Airlines Corporation May 04, 1995 to January 31, 2000.

Canadian Airlines International (CAIL)

-December 2,1986 Pacific Western Airlines Corporation and Canadian Pacific Airlines announce that PWA would purchase CPA for $300 million dollars.
-       Canadian Pacific Airlines integrated operations of Eastern Provincial Airlines January 12, 1986.
-       February 28, 1986 CPA forms Air Atlantic.
-       January 1987 Nordair absorbed into CPA.
-       Operation subsidiary named “Canadian Airlines International Limited (CAIL)
-       Combination included PWAs 24 737-200 and CPAs 55 737-200 and 13 DC-10 aircraft.
-       Head office located in Calgary, Maintainance Calgary and Vancouver.
-       All of Canadian Management, Regional Managers/officers, and Board Members were Canadian Citizens.
-       Deal included:
-       100%CPA (including EPA, Nordair and Quebecair)
-       25% Norcanair
-       20% Air Atlantic
-       35% Nordair Metro (Including Quebecair Inter)
-       46% Time Air
-March 24, 1987 Canadian Airlines International announced as the name for the combined CPA and PWA. “Wings across five continents” the official logo of CAI. “Our Spirit Takes Wings”. Combination of both airlines strengths, Regional, Transcontinental and International.
-March 27, 1987 CPA, EPA, Nordair and PWA amalgamated into one company CAI.
-April 26, 1987 PWA and CPA cease and CAI operations began with 81 aircraft, 89 destinations, serving 13 countries in 5 continents. Retained the “Pacific Blue”, “Sky White” and “Corporation Red” colours of CPA with addition of grey band above the red. To ensure the wordmark was bilingual the letter ‘a’ in English and ‘e’ and French was replaced in the word Canadian with a ‘>’ which was always forward facing to create “Canadi>n”. Canadian started an 18 month aircraft repainting program, the first aircraft to be fully repainted into the new colours was 737 C-GEPM. The logo was designed by OVE Design of Toronto Incorporated. ‘>’ red wing= Forward motion and speed, and 5 pewter bars represented the 5 continents served by Canadian.
            CAI subsidiaries first two years of operation:
                        -Canadian AirCargo (100% ownership)
                        -Canadian Hollidays (100% ownership)
                        -Time Air (46% ownership)
                        -Air Atlantic (20% ownership)
                        -Ontario Express (49.5% ownership)
                        -Inter-Canadien (35% ownership)
                        -Calm Air (45% ownership)
-October 25, 1987 Canadian Business Class introduced including “Empress Lounges” Former CP Attaché and Empress Class were dropped in favor of Canadian Business Class.
- December 29, 1987 Pacific Western Airlines Corporation renamed PWA Corporation.
-1988 CAI Official airline of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games.
-January 1988 12 DC-10-30, 66 737-200, 96 destinations in 15 countries.
- 1988 Canadian sponsored the Toronto performance of Cique Du Soleil.
-December 31, 1988 4x767-300ER, 13x DC-10-30 and 66 t37-200 aircraft. 13 communities being served by Time Air, Calm Air, Ontario Express, Inter-Canadien and Air Atlantic.
-January 19,1989 PWA announces intention to purchase all outstanding shares of Wardair for $17.25 each ($10.00 cash and $7.25 in PWA shares or cash). Worth $248 million
-April, 1989 All outstanding shared of Wardair acquired.
-September 1989 integration of Wardair began completed in November, 1989
-October 29, 1989 Canadian North formed to provide service to 10 communities in Canada’s North, bases were Edmonton and Montreal.
-January 15, 1990 Wardair absorbed into CAI, final intergration complete for the April 1990 timetable.
-1990 “Shared Horizons, a employee share program initiated with 2,325 employees signing up.
-September 27, 1990 Canadian began flights to Frankfort and closed operations in Amsterdam.
-December 13, 1990 CAI takes delivery of first 747-475 at Vancouver Operations Centre.
-1991 Voluntary restructuring plan.
-February 1991 began advertising campaign “The Dawn of Civilized Travel”.
-February 21, 1991 Pearson International Airport (Toronto) opened Terminal three “Trillium Terminal” CAIL was the anchor airline.
-June 19, 1991 A310-300 leased to Compass Airlines (Brisbane Aus.) a second was sent in November. 8 A310-300 aircraft were originally to be sold to IACO Trading however the deal fell through.
-September 1, 1991 Frequent Flyer program system, computerized launched.
-November 1991 DC-10 aircraft were reconfigured. By eliminating 12 first class seats an additional 27 economy seats were added.
-1991 Canadian charted 11 day diplomatic mission to Hong Kong and Japan. Brian Mulroney.
-January 26, 1992 Service to Lima suspended.
-February 1992 “Wingwalkers” campaign began, Air Canada began lawsuit against CAIL.
Chiat/Day 1992 “Wingwalkers” Commercial
“Maybe it’s because we fly to more places around the world,
Or that our business class is rated higher than their business class,
Perhaps it’s because our people take better care of you,
And are willing to give you a little more,
Whatever the reason,
More and more travelers are switching from one airline to another,
And the airline their switching to,
Is this one,
Canadian
The dawn of civilized air travel.”
-August 1992 CAI employee rallies to “Save our airline”.
-December 19, 1992 CAIL and AMR deal signed. AMR assumed a 25% holding of Canadian Airlines. Under the Pacific Western Corporation Act, which followed the National Transportation Act, 25% was the maximum allowable foreign holding permissible by law of foreign ownership.
-1992 Employee “Share Entitlement Program” initiated, employees invested $200 million.
-June 1993 Canadian AirCargo expands operations with the transfer of two Canadian North 737-200C aircraft.
-June 1993 Canadian moved operations at Manchester Terminal from Terminal 1 to terminal 2 and Charles de Gaulle (Paris) from terminal 2 to terminal 1.
-August 3, 1993 Canadian opened Canadian’s Laundry Service at Vancouver ops centre.
-October 1993 Signature DC-10-30 appears as part of advertising campaign.
Canadian (Chiat/Day) Fall 1993 commercial

When you put your name to something
It can mean many things
A commitment, ownership, accountability
For the over 17,000 men and women of Canadian Airlines
Who have invested their own money
Signing on as shareholders
It means all of those things
For those travelers who will walk the wing to Canadian
It means you will have a choice of airlines
And it means you will notice a difference
Because it your good name were riding on something
Wouldn’t you do what it takes
To make a difference?
-April 24, 1994 CAI signs restructuring plan with employees, creditors and AMR Corporation. Employees invested $200 million over four years and would become shareholders of Canadian Airlines, AMR Corporation, Parent Company to American Airlines acquired 25% holding with a $246 million investment.
-Aprip 28, 1994 AMR payed $179 million for 1/3 of CAI.
-November 1994 CAI computer and reservations systems were transferred to AMR’s Sabre system as part of AMR deal.
-1995 CAI owned 66.1% PWAC, 33.9% Aurora Airline Investments
-May 11, 1995 PWA Corporation renames itself Canadian Airlines Corporation
-October 1995 Club Empress is launched on International DC-10-30 and 747-475 flights
-November 1995 Canadian Shuttle Service introduced
-December 1995 Gateside and Empress Lounge centres opened.
-January 1996 CAI reconfigures 37 737-200 aircraft to 12 Business Class and 88 Canadian Class seats. 2 737 aircraft had 112 Canadian Class seating for use on Canadian Shuttle service.
-January 14, 2006 Canadian 740 sunk off the West Coast of British Columbia,, near Chemainus, as an artificial reef by the Artificial Reef Society of B.C.
-May 10, 1996 744 is the last aircraft maintained at the Calgary Maintenance Centre, all maintenance was moved to Vancouver Maintenance Centre.
-June 15, 1996 CAI and British Airways code share agreement. Canada via London to euope, Africa and Middle East
-June 19, 1996 Canadian Holidays management signs deal to acquired Canadian Holidays from CAI, deal closed July 1996. Became ‘World of Vacations’.
-July 1, 1996 Pacific Coastal Airlines becomes a Canadian Airlines Partner carrier. Vancouver to Port Hardy.
-July 1996 the Calgary Olympic Saddledome is named Canadian Airlines Saddledome following CAI sponsorship. This lasted until 2000 when Air Canada acquired Canadian. The Saddle dome opened October 13, 1983 as the focal point of the 1988 Winter Games.
-November 1, 1996 CEO Kevin Benson unveiled a major restructuring to make Canadian Airlines viable.
-November 15, 1996 all members of the Board of Directors resign for fears of being held personally responsible.
-September 1998 became a founding member of Oneworld.
-September 10, 1998 Canadian North sold to Air NorTerra (1987)
-January 13, 1999 CAI announces “Proud Wings” image
-April 1999 Canadian opened major expansion of Vancouver hub.
-August 1999 Onex Corporation proposed a merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines.
-November 11, 1999 853350 Alberta Ltd. (partly owned by Air Canada) made announcement that they would offer $2.00 per share for all of Canadian Airlines Corporation Common and Non-Voting Common shares.
-December 8, 1999 Air Canada announced that Air Canada had acquired the majority of Canadians shares and would begin the merging of CAI into Air Canada.
-December 14, 1999 To ensure financial stability in case of delays to the Air Canada deal, Canadian sells Toronto to Tokyo route to Air Canada with Air Canada supplying immediate payment for the transaction despite regulatory approval waiting times.
-December 21, 1999 Air Canada received permission from Canadian Transport Agency to acquired and merge Canadian Airlines Corporation.
-January 4, 2000 853350 Alberta Ltd. purchased 82% of Canadian Airlines Corporation. The remaining 18% of share remained for trade on the TSE under CA. By January 17, 2000 all cheques had been tendered to shareholders.
-January 22, 2000 B767-375ER 640 (C-FOCA) released in the “Proud Wings” livery, making it the last aircraft painted in 100% Canadian colours.
-January 31, 2000 Canadian Airlines Corporation merged into Air Canada Corporation.
-February 9, 2000 saw the first aircraft, B767 639 (C-FXCA), repainted in a co-branding livery featuring an Air Canada blue tail with red maple leaf as well as Canadian lettering and small “Proud Wings” goose logo on the forward fuselage. By the end of March 2-B767 and 8-B737 were repainted.
-June 1, 2000 Canadian Airlines removed from One Star.
-June 27, 2000CAIL became a wholly owned company of 853350 Alberta
-July 6, 2000 CAI became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AC.
-October, 21, 2000 Last ‘CP’ flights the next day all flights ‘AC’. Computer and reservation systems merged.
-March 29, 2001 Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd./Lignes Aeriennes Canadien International Ltée were legally amalgamated into one company. ALL CAI operations, maintainance and aircraft to AC.
HQ: Calgary Alberta
Maintenance Bases: Vancouver International (Main), Calgary (until 1996), Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax.

Canadian Airlines Destinations (Includes Canadian Regional, Canadian North and Inter-Canadien):

Canada

British Columbia: Castlegar, Cranbrook, Fort Nelson, Fort Saint John, Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Smithers, Terrace, Vancouver, Victoria
Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Fort Mcmurray, Fort Smith, Grande Prairie
Saskatchewan: Regina, Saskatoon
Manitoba: Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson, Winnipeg
Ontario: Ottawa, Sault Sainte Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Toronto,
Quebec:, Kuujjuarapik, La Grande, Mont Joli, Montreal, Quebec City,
New Brunswick: Fredericton
Nova Scotia: Halifax, Sydney
Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown
Newfoundland: Deer Lake, Gander, St Johns
Labrador: Goose Bay, Wabush
Yukon Territory: Whitehorse
France: St Pierre

*As of April 1, 1999 The North West Territories was split into the North West Territories and Nunavut Territory.

North America other than Canada

USA: Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Portland, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle
Mexico: Mexico City, Monterrey

South America

Argentina: Buenos Aires
Brazil: Sao Paulo

Europe

England: London, Manchester
Italy: Rome, Milan
Germany: Munich, Frankfurt
Holland: Amsterdam
Portugal: Lisbon

Asia

China: Beijing, Hong Kong
Japan: Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo
Taiwan: Taipei
Thailand: Bangkok

Australia: Melbourne, Sydney

New Zealand: Auckland

The Philippines: Manila

Other CAI Codeshare Partners

-Qantas
-American Airlines
-Aloha Airlines

Canadian North

-Initiated service October, 29, 1989
-September 10, 1998 sold to NorTerra Inc. of Edmonton.
-Originally flew to 10 communities in NWT, NU. Bases at Edmonton and Montreal.

Canadian North Destinations:

North West Territories*:  Arviat (was named Eskimo Point), Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Inuvik, Iqaluit, Norman Wells, Naridsvik, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Resolute, Whale Cove, Yellowknife
Quebec: Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo),  Kuujjuarapik
Bases: Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa

*As of April 1, 1999 The North West Territories was split into the North West Territories and Nunavut Territory.

Wardair Canada

-January 1, 1975 Wardair Canada (1975) Limited
-June 1, 1976 Wardair International Limited as parent company of WACL and also International Vacations Limited.
-January 19, 1989 Wardair intent to purchase announced by PWAC.
-March 31, 1989 Canada Transport Angency approves sale to PWAC.
-April 28, 1989 PWAC fully acquired Wardair.
-September 1989 PWAC begins process to integrate Wardair into CAI. Initially WA was to be operated as a separate company.
-April 1990 Wardair amalgamated into Canadian Airlines


Canadian Regional Airlines (CRAL)

-January 2, 1991 Canadian Regional Airlines was established.
-February 18,1991 Air Atlantic backs out of deal with PWAC to become part of Canadian Regional and remain independent.
-January 1, 1993 Canadian Regional Airlines formed as a Holding company for Time Air Inc., Ontario Express and Inter-Canadien.
-December 31, 1992 planned full merger of Time Air, Ontario Express and Inter-Canadien.
-100% CAI, operate aircraft under 70 seats.
-Planed to use ATR 42 replaced Beech 1900 BAE 31 and Embraer Brasilia’s.
-February 1, 1993 plan to dispose of ATR 42 (including recalling 4 from Inter-Canadien), 5 Beech 1900 (Returned by April 5 1993 to Beech Acceptance Corporation), 4 Emb. Brasilia’s (2 owned and two leased.) 12 BAe Jetstream 31 All these aircraft were leased besides 2 Embraers.
-April 1, 1993 Time Air and Ontario Express operations combined into one. Although Time Air and Ontario Express were not legally amalgamated their operations were conducted under the name Canadian Regional Airlines.
-April 4, 1993 Ottawa-North Bay-Timmons service suspended allowing aircraft to be returned.
-October 31, 1993 Watson Lake-Yukon-Fort Nelson routes to Air Alkan, became Canadian Partner.
-May 8, 1995 ATRs began to be replaced in Ontario, 8 were to be removed with 7 remaining on Inter-Canadien.
-June 1, 1996 Code share with American Eagle to New York JFK and LA International
-1997 10 ATR 42 (44 seat), 18 F28 (65 seats), 10 DHC-8-100 (37 seats), 14 DHC-8-300 (50 seats) and 2 Shorts360 (36 seats).
-July 1, 1998 Time Air Inc., Ontario Express and Greatours Ltd. amalgamated into Canadian Regional Airlines (1998) Limited dba Canadian Regional. Lignes Aeriennes Canadien Regional (1998) Ltée.
-June 30, 2000 CRA put up for sale as part of AC-CAI merger.
-August 30, 2000 CRA to Air Canada after 60-day period of no acceptable bidders.
-January 1, 2001 Air Canada Regional formed to merge AirBC Air Nova, Air Ontario and CRA. Air Canada uses Air Alliance for it’s connectors. Became one company, Air Canada Jazz, March 27, 2002.
-At time of merger CRA served 39 destinations and had a felt of 32 F 28, 14 DHC-8-300 and 10 DHC-8-102.
-May 4, 2001 Canadian Regional Airlines (1998) Ltd./Lignes Aeriennes Canadien Regional (1998) Ltée, Air Canada Regional Inc., Air B.C. Ltd, legally amalgamated into Air Canada Regional Inc.
Head Quarters: Calgary
Maintainance Bases: Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto
Flight Crew Bases: Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto

Canadian Regional Domestic services to:

British Columbia: Campbell River, Castelgar, Comox, Cranbrook, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St John, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Penticton, Port Hardy, Prince George, Sandspit, Smithers, Williams Lake, Vancouver, Victoria
Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort Smith, Grande Prairie, High Level, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Peace River, Rainbow Lake, Sandspit
Saskatchewan: Buffalo Narrows,Regina, Saskatoon
Manitoba: The Pas, Thompson
Ontario: Buttonville, Dryden, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Moosenee, North Bay, Sarnia, Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, Timmons, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Windsor
North West Territories: Hay River
Yukon Territory: Watson Lake.
Quebec: Alma, Bagotville/Saguenay, Baie Comeau, Baie-John-Beetz, Blanc Sablon, Bonadventure, Chevery/Harrington Harbour, Chibougamau, Dolbeau, Gaspe, Gatineau/Hull, Havre St Pierre, Iies de la Madeleine, Kegaska, Kuujjuarapik, La Grande, La Romaine Gethsemane, La Tabatiere, Montreal (Mirabel), Montreal (Dorval), Mont Joli, Natashquan, Port Menier, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint Augustin, Shefferville, Sept lies, Tete a la Baleine, Val d'Or
Labrador: Wabush/Labrador City
New Brunswick: Moncton, St. John
Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown, Columbus OH, Dayton OH,

International service to USA: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburg, Washington D.C.

CANADIAN PARTNER: Adopted name for Canadian’s commuter feeder network: Air Atlantic, Air Sainte-Pierre, Calm Air, Inter-Canadien, Ontario Express and Time Air participated in program. This was the largest commuter feeder network at the time in Canada, Canadian purchased holdings in each of the airlines in the program.

Roots in the fall of 1986 when Pacific Western Airlines began “Pacific Western Spirit” with Time Air and Calm Air. The two airlines would operate smaller routes, have joint coordination and marketing and share Pacific Westerns colours on aircraft.

Inter-Canadien

-Founded September 1987.
-November 7, 1987 Inter-Canadien formed to combine operations.
-January 17, 1988 created from the merger of the operations Quebecair, Quebeair Inter and Nortdair Metro. PWAC held 45% share in the company.
-September 1989 announced Inter-Canadien would become Intair. Intair (parent company Lignes Aeriennes Inter-Quebec Incorporated) purchased CAI holding in Inter-Canadien.
-October 18, 1989 Intair founded and began operations after negotiating back PWAC holdings.
-October 29, 1989 effective on that date broke the code-share agreement with CAI. Inter-Canadien officially renamed Intair.
-March 25, 1991 CAI purchased a 70% holding of the turboprop division of Intair and revitalized the Inter-Canadien name the sale included Intair’s remaining ATR 42 turboprop aircraft.
-June 1, 1991 Inter-Canadien (1991) began operations. On this date 4 ATR 42s were transferred from OE to IC. 2 more would follow as Brasilia’s replaced them on OE.
-November 3, 1991 Intair ceased operations.
-April 27, 1994 CRA acquired a 100% holding of Inter-Canadien.
-Sold to Canadian Investors Corporation.
-October 24, 1998 operations began as private company took over Air Atlantics former routs when Air Atlantic suspended it’s operations.
-November 29, 1999 operations suspended.
HQ: Montreal (Dorval) PQ.
Head Quarters: Dorval
Maintainance Bases: Dorval, Quebec City

Inter-Canadien Services to:

Ontario: Ottawa ,Toronto
Quebec: Alma, Bagotville/Saguenay, Baie Comeau, Baie-John-Beetz, Blanc Sablon, Bonadventure, Chevery/Harrington Harbour, Chibougamau, Dolbeau, Gaspe, Gatineau/Hull, Havre St Pierre, Iies de la Madeleine, Kegaska, Kuujjuarapik, La Grande, La Romaine Gethsemane, La Tabatiere, Montreal (Mirabel), Montreal (Dorval), Mont Joli, Natashquan, Port Menier, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint Augustin, Shefferville, Sept lies, Tete a la Baleine, Val d'Or
Labrador: Wabush/Labrador City
New Brunswick: Moncton, St. John
Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown
USA: Boston

Ontario Express

-Formed February 1987
- July 15, 1987 began operations owned by Canadian (49.5% holding). Feed Toronto initially with flight to and from Kingston, London, Sarnia, and Windsor. By April 1988 OE was flying to additional cities of Ottawa, Sudbury, Sault St. marie, Thunder Bay, North Bay and Pittsburgh.  During the summer of 1988 added Brandon, Dryden and Winnipeg.
-March 1988 OE acquired 100% of Rog-Air parent company of Frontier Airlines.
-January 8, 1989 added Timmins
-April 1989 Hamilton Base set up to provide services to Montreal and Ottawa.
-January 1991 absorbed Canadian Frontier Airlines.
-By April 1991 PWAC held 47% of shares. Serving 21 communities in Ontario as well as Pittsburgh, PA.
-May 15, 1991 CAI purchased remaining shares to gain 100% holding.
-1990 added three EMB 120 Brasillia. This added to OEs fleet of 6 ATR-42, and 14 BAe Jetstream 31 turboprop aircraft.
-October 26, 1992 sold off 55% holding of CanAir Cargo.
-April 1, 1993 into Canadian Regional airlines.
HQ: Toronto Ont.
Maintenance Bases: Toronto
Manitoba: Brandon, Winnipeg
Ontario: Dryden, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Montreal, Moosonee, North Bay, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Toronto, Toronto-Buttonville, Windsor
Quebec: Montreal
USA: Pittsburgh, Added 1992: Indianapolis, Columbus, Dayton, Allentown, Harrisburg

Canadian Frontier Airlines

-Formed 1978 in Timmins as Frontier Airlines
-March 1988 Rog-Air, parent company, acquired by Ontario Express.
-June 1989 purchased 100% by Ontario Express.
-December 1989 becomes Canadian Partner.
-January 1990 added 5 19 passenger Beechcraft 1900 aircraft. Shortly after name changed to Canadian Frontier Airlines.
-January 1991 absorbed into Ontario Express.
-March 1991 fully merged into Ontario Express.
-November 1, 1991 acquired Air Toronto from bankrupt Soundair. Air Toronto was formed in 1980 as Soundair. Soundair began operations on December 17, 1984. In November 1987 Air Toronto became an Air Canada Connector airlines. In March 1988 Soundair changed its name to Air Toronto.
Toronto – Saginaw – Grand Rapids (Michigan); Toronto – Indianapolis;
Toronto – Kalamazoo;
Toronto – Columbus – Dayton (Ohio);
Toronto – Louisville, Kentucky;
Toronto – Harrisburg – Allentown (Pennsylvania); Cargo and passenger charters
H.Q: Timmons ON.
Ontario: From Timmins, Mossonee, Fort Albany, Kaschewan, Attawapiskat,  Peawanuck, North Bay
From Thunder Bay: Geraldton, Nakina, Ogoki, Fort Hope
Addition routes added: North Bay, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Red Lake
Manitoba: Brandon, Winnipeg
USA: Pittsburgh
Under Contract for Norontair: Hearst, Timmins, Sault St. Marie, Chapleau, Sudbury and Wawa.
Air Sainte Pierre

-Established March 6, 1964. Began operations March, 1964.
-Canadian Partner as of 1989.

Time Air

-Formed 1966. Operations began May 16, 1966 as Lethbridge Air Services.
-Name changed to Time air in 1969.
-May 1980 acquired routes from Northward Aviation followed by the assets of Gateway Aviation (formed 1952) from the bankrupt Northward Aviation (Northward was formed in 1965 and took over Gateway in December 1979).
-October 1983 40% of Norcanair. Norcanair was formed in 1947. Norcan acquired Saskair in 1955. In 1986 CPA purchased a 25% holding.
-April 1985 acquired some of the routes of InterCity Air Services.
-January 1985 Southern Frontier Air acquired. Southern Frontier was formed in 1978.
-July 1986 routes of North Caribou Flying Services acquired.
-1984 PWA acquired 42% holding of TA.
Jan 87 acquired Vancouver-Quesnel-William Lake routes from PWA.
-March 16, 1987 Time Air acquired 100% of Norcanair, integration approved April 26, 1987 but it wasn’t until January 1, 1988 that Norcanair was absorbed into Time Air.
-May 1988 Canadian held 46% holding.
-February 27, 1987 took delivery of the First Dash 8-300. Began inaugural revenue Dash 8-300 service March, 30, 1989.
-January 1, 1991 PWA Corporation acquired the remaining 54% to gain a100% holding. At the time Time Air served 40 destinations in Western Canada, with it’s fleet of 25 turboprop aircraft including 11 Dash 8-300s.
-April 1,1993 into Canadian Regional Airlines.
HQ: Lethbridge Ab
Head Quarters: Lethbridge
Maintenance Bases: Lethbridge, Edmonton, (Municipal), Vancouver (International)
Buffalo Narrows
Calgary
Campbell River
Castlegar
Cold Lake
Comox
Cranbrook
Dawson Creek
Edmonton
Fort Chipewyan
Fort McMurray
Fort Nelson
Fort St. John
Grande Prairie
Great Falls 
High Level
Kamloops
Kelowna
La Ronge
Lethbridge
Lloydminster
Medicine Hat
Minneapolis 
Nanaimo
Peace River
Penticton
Points North Landing
Port Hardy
Prince Albert
Quesnel
Rainbow Lake 
Regina
Saskatoon
Seattle
Stoney Rapid 
Uranium City
Vancouver
Victoria
Watson Lake
Williams Lake
Winnipeg
Wollaston Lake 

Pen-Air

-Began operations in 1970.

Air Inuit

-Scheduled flights from Kuujjuag and interlined operations with Canadian North.

InterCity

-Began operations in March 1986.
-In 1987 was signed up to be Canadian Partner, however InterCity was removed as a Canadian Partner shortly there after.
-October 3, 1987 operations were suspended.

Burrard Air

-Burrard Air (1987-1988 only)
Began1981 former Pacific Coastal Airlines routes
-Canadian partner May 1987-October 24, 1987. Routes were Campbell River-Naniamo. Time Air replaced on these route.

Labrador Airways

-Began in 1969 when EPA got out of small bush operations. EPA employees purchased the operation from EPA.
Bases at Goose Bay, Deer Lake and St. Anthony

Alkan Air Limited

-Began in 1977, Operated out of Whitehorse.


Air Atlantic

-With the purchase of EPA CPA became owner of Air Maritime. Air Maritime was phased out and replaced with Air Atlantic.
-February 28, 1986 founded in St. John’s NFLD. Formed by CPA.
From Halifax: Moncton-Fredericton-Saint John and Charlottetown
From St. Johns: Gander-Deer Lake and Stephenville.
-May 86: Halifax-Sydney and Charlottetown
-July 86: Moncton and Iles De Madelein
-Continued as Canadian Partner as of April 26, 1987.
-By 1991 PWA 45% holding of Air Atlantic. Operated 12 Dash 8-100 and 3 BAe 146 Jets. 19 destinations in eastern Canada.
-February 21, 1996 I.M.P group International purchased AA.
-October 24, 1998 operations suspended following code share cancellation by CAI.
Head Quarters: St. John’s
Maintenance Bases: Halifax, St. John’s (Main)
Served:
Bangor
Boston
Portland
Charlettown
Chatham
Churchill Falls
Deer Lake
Fredrickton-
Gander-
Goose Bay
Halifax-
Ill de la Madelaine-
Moncton-
Montreal-
Ottawa-
Portland Maine
Quebec City-
Saint John-
St. John’s-
Stephenville-
Sydney-
Wabush
Yarmouth-

Air Alma

-Established operations December 22, 1959. Founded as Alma Air Services.
-1980 name changed to Air Alma
-Serving Lac St. Jean Saguenay region of Quebec.
-Became a Canadian Partner in 1992 when it assumed the Inter-Canadien routes from Chibougamau to Chapals and Montreal P.Q. from Inter-Canadien.
HQ: Alma PQ.

Calm Air

-Founded in Lynn Lake by Arnold and Gail Morberg in 1962 with scheduled service in Northern Manitoba and Keewatin District as a charter airline.
-1969 acquired Chupka Air.
-1976 took over the NWT services of Transair.
-1981 took over most routes of Lamb Air.
-September 1986 added Winnipeg flights.
-June 1987 became Canadian Partner when CAI acquired 45% holding.
-served 21 communities in Northern Manitoba and the NWT. 8 turboprop aircraft.
HQ: Thompson Mb.
Maintenance Bases: Thompson, Lynn Lake, Churchill
Arviat
Baker Lake —
Brochet—
Chesterfield Inlet —
Churchill —
Coral Harbour —
Eskimo Point (Nwt) —
 Flin Flon —
Gillam —
God's Lake Narrows —
Ilford —
Island Lake —
Kelsey —
Lac Brochet —
Leaf Rapids —
Lynn Lake—
Oxford House —
Pikwitonei —
Pukatawagan —
Rankin Inlet —
Repulse Bay —
Shamattawa —
South Indian Lake —
St. Theresa —
Tadoule Lake —
The Pas —
Thompson —
Whale Cove.
Winnipeg —
York Landing —

Pem-Air
-Began Operations 1972
-Pembroke/Peterborough-Toronto, Gatineau, Quebec Coty, Hamilton and Kincardine

Ptarmigan Airways Ltd.
Yellowknife based
Took over sheducaled service from Yellowknife to Snowdrift, Fort Resolution and Hay River from Wardairs Noerthern Operations
Air Shefferville
HQ Shefferville PQ
-Former 1981
-Shefferville-Wabush-Labrador City and Sept Iles.

Air Georgian (Ontario Regional)

Head Quarters: Mississauga
-Parent Company establish March 5, 1985
-Began operations in 1994 as Air Georgian Express
-Partner with CAI November 1997.
Bases: Toronto, Montreal
New Brunswick: Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John
Nova Scotia: Halifax
Ontario: Kingston, Sarnia, Toronto
Prince Edward Island: Charoletown
Quebec: Montreal
USA: Hartford, Portland Maine, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Manchester, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Allentown/Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Providence, Richmond

Leasing Companies

-September 1990 PWAC sold it’s 50% interest in GPA Jetprop Limited of Shannon, Ireland. Maintained 25% holding of GPA (Guinness Peat Aviation) Airbus Limited, which specialized in leasing Airbus A320 aircraft.

The Gemini Group
-33% owned by PWAC.
-Began operating June 1, 1987.
-Canada’s primary integrated electronic reservation and product distribution system. Air Canada it self owned 33% interest.

1995

CAI Holdings
Air Atlantic 100%
Time Air 100%
Inter-Canadien 100&
Calm Air 45%
Ontario Express 100%
Canadian Holidays 100%
Canadian Holidays USA 100%
Air-way Aviation 33%
Greatours 100%
T3 Aircraft Support Services 14%
Transpacific Tours 100%
Canadian Airlines Fuel Corporation 100%

Ownership PWA Corporation 66.1% Aurora Airline Investments 33.9%

Callsign                                    IATA            ICAO

Canadian                                    CP            CDN
Canadian Regional                        KI            CDR
Inter-Canadien                        ND            ICN
Ontario Express                        9X            OEL
Time Air                                    KI            TAF

ICAO=International Civil Aviation Organization designator.
IATA= International Air Transport Assn Airline designator.

French/English
Partenair Canadi>n or Canadi>n Partner.
Vacances Canadi>n or Canadi>n Holidays.

-Canadian Plus

-CP Partners

North-Wright Air
Sahtu Region of NWT shedualed service

-Pem-Air

-Pacific Coastal Airlines
Vancouver-Port Hardy
Vancouver-Powell River
Vancouver-Bella Bella
Port hardy-Bella Bella

-Air Labrador
Labrador and Newfoundland

-Executive Air Link
Oshawa-Windsor
Oshawa-Detroit City Airport

-Canadian Airlines Foundaition

-Canadian AirCargo. Alliances with Canadian North/Nord Canadien and Regional Partners

Canadian Guaranteed-Fast Premium Service
Canadian Express-Next business day by 5pm door-door
Canadian General Air Freight-Less Urgent Freight
Insured
Perishables
Dangerous Goods
Road Feeder Services: connect U.S.A., European and Pacific Markets with international and Domestic
Interline Invoicing: On invoice multiple carriers around the world

-Canadian Shuttle

Toronto-Ottawa
Toronto-Montreal
Calgary-Edmonton
Edmonton-Vancouver
Calgary-Vancouver
Hourly Departures
½ hour departures during peak times
Private workstations
Telephone and Data ports
Copiers and fax machines

-Canadian Holidays

-January 01, 1991 Treasure Tours becomes Canadian Holidays
-June 19, 1996 Canadian Holidays management comes to agreement to purchase Canadian Holidays from CAI
August 9, 1996 Transat purchased 35% holding
September 6, 1996 Canadian Holidays Becomes World of Vacations Ltd./Univers de Vacances Ltee.
March 9, 2001 Transat purchased 100% of WOVL

Code Shares

American Airlines

Albuquerque, Atlanta, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Boston, Carlsbad, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Fresno, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston (HOU), Houston (IAH), Jacksonville, Kansas City, Key West, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Naples, Nashville, New Orleans, New York (JFK), New York (LGA), Newark, Orange County, Orlando, Palm Springs, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburg, Portland, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo,  Santa Barbara, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Tucson, Washington (DCA), Washington (IAD), West Palm beach, Albany NY, Buffalo NY, Fort Wayne IN, Harrisburg PA, Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Madison WI, Amarillo, Springfield MI, Memphis, Milwaukee, Peoria, Providence, Rochester, Syracuse, Austin, Baton Rouge, El Paso, Greensboro NC, Jackson, Moline, South Bend, Wichita, Birmingham, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Evansville, Fayetteville, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Little Rock, Ontario CA, Shreveport

Lufthansa            Western Canada-Frankfurt, Toronto-Munich

Air France            Toronto/Montreal-Paris

Japan Airlines Toronto-Tokyo on Canadian Aircraft

Qantas            Canadian aircraft Can and Toronto-Honolulu
                        Qantas aircraft Honolulu to Australia
           
Air New Zealand            Canadian Aircraft Canada to Honolulu
                                    Air New Zealand aircraft Honolulu-Auckland

SAS                        Toronto-Copenhagen

China Airlines Vancouver-Taipei on Canadian aircraft

Alitalia                        Montreal- Rome

Aloha Airlines            Between Hawaiian Islands

All code chare unless as noted with operational marketing.

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