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The contract was eventually won by Airbus in 1988, with an order for 34 Airbus A320s, as well as the sale of some of Air Canada's existing Boeing 747 fleet. Boeing immediately put de Havilland up for sale, thereby putting that company in jeopardy, but the blame for this was generally placed on the government.
Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), was created by federal legislation as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR) on 11 April 1937. [16] [17] The newly created Department of Transport under Minister C. D. Howe desired an airline under government control to link cities on the Atlantic coast to those on the Pacific coast.
United Air Lines Flight 629: Longmont, Colorado, United States Douglas DC-6B: Bombing: 44 Bomb placed in suitcase caused in-flight breakup: 1957-04-17 1957 Aqaba Valetta accident: Near Aqaba, Jordan Vickers Valetta: Severe weather 27 Design strength of left-hand wing exceeded during probable loss of control in severe clear-air turbulence [3 ...
Canada Jetlines, Ltd., operating and branded as jetlines, was a Canadian airline headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. It operated scheduled and charter flights in the Americas and the Caribbean. It operated scheduled and charter flights in the Americas and the Caribbean.
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Nolisair was a Canadian company, the parent company of Nationair Canada, a Canadian airline, and of Technair, an aircraft maintenance company. The company was owned by Robert Obadia . The headquarters was located in the Nationair Canada Building on the property of Montréal-Mirabel International Airport in Mirabel , Quebec .
A March 31 Air Canada flight from London to Toronto that diverted to St. John's International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador for a passenger's medical emergency also put off Colleen Walsh, 48, a former Rogers TV hostess from Toronto, while it was on the runway. She had refused to return to her seat when crew declined her offer of ...
ACE Aviation Holdings was created as Air Canada emerged from bankruptcy in 2004; [7] [8] By the end of 2005, ACE completed restructuring and achieved reduced costs through outsourcing, automation and process simplification. [9]