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TL 120Airline Operations

Canadas Aviation

History


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Eileen Vollick (1908-1968) OnMarch 13, 1928, at the age of 19,she was the first Canadianwoman to receive her privatepilot's licence. Her instructor hadone reservation about teachingher to fly she was only 5'1" andhad to use pillows to see out of

the cockpit of the bi-plane. Herlegacy demonstrated to womenthat aviation was not only a"man's sport".

Women in Aviation in Canada!


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Rosella Bjornson (1947-) In1973 Transair made her the first

woman pilot in Canada to behired by an airline. In 1990 shebecame the first female Captainwith Canadian Airlines. Herpregnancy in 1979 created

another precedent in Canada. In1984, she began discussionswith Transport Canada that ledto the regulations being

changed to allow a pilot who ispregnant to fly while under herdoctor's supervision.


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~ Take up AC timeline


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CanadianAirways office!Owned, in part, byCanadian PacificRailRegional airlinesserving mining

communities andmail transport

1937


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Trans-Canada Airlines

established in 1937

First flight Vancouver toSeattle

$14.20 roundtrip!


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Vancouver to Toronto flights

1939

17 hours with 7 stops enroute!


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1942

CP Railpurchases 10bush airlines

and WesternCanadian toform CP Air


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Canadas Avro Jetliner 1949North Americas firstBeat by de Havilland Comet


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Canadian

PacificAirwaysRoute map

Nov 1950


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1952


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1953 Wardair starts to fly in Canada


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1957 first non stop flight from Toronto to Vancouver8 hours and 32 mins on the Super Constellation aircraft


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TCA Super Connie


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Family arriving at Montreal airport in 1960.


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In 1965, TCA officially changes

its name to Air Canada


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1977 ACturns 40!


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On March 27, 1987, Canadian PacificAirlines, Eastern Provincial Airways,Nordair and Pacific Western Airlines

amalgamated to form a new airline Canadian Airlines

This corporation also acquiredWardair in 1989, establishingCanadian Airlines as an importantplayer in the global industry with theaddition of new routes.


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In 1990 the lead up to the Gulf War drastically

reduced international air travel and caused fuel prices

to skyrocketThis was followed by a North American recession

that cut into domestic travel

1992 Both Air Canada and Canadian Airlines wereeach losing one million dollars a day!

In 1994 American Airlines purchases 25% of

Canadian Airlines


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Calgary-based WestJet was founded in 1996 with

flights to 5 cities using 3 aircraft

By 1997, they had flown their one millionth passenger


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November 25, 1997**click on picture to play video


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1999


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2002 - WestJet was accused by rival AC of espionage for their role in accessingconfidential information in order to gain a business advantage.2006 - WestJet issued a press release admitting its involvement in the AirCanada espionage scandal, and agreeing to pay over 5 million dollars in legaland investigation fees to Air Canada, and to donate over 10 million dollars to

various children's charities in the name of Air Canada and WestJet.


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In the wake of the merger, Canada's new mega-carrier went on toface numerous pressures, including competition from newdiscount airlines, such as WestJet, and the drop-off in air travel

after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

2001 and April 2003, the

carrier lost more than $1.6billion and had to takedrastic action.

Sept 2004

Struggling under $12 billion of debt, Air Canada faced decliningpassenger traffic and higher operational costs. Between April

On April 1, 2003, Air

Canada followed the pathtaken by many other largeairlines post-September11, and filed for bankruptcy

protection. **click on picture to play video


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2006 inaugural flightfrom Toronto Island

airport to Ottawa **click on picture to play video


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Homework:

Read the articles on the following websites:

http://airlinesafety.com/editorials/DitchingOfPanAmFlight6.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/29/f-airport-security-catsa-tsa.html

As private industry and government scramble to find better

ways to thwart terrorism and find more reliable ways to maketravellers secure, passengers will be faced with an increasedlevel of inconvenience and lack of privacy.

The question that remains for travellers is really just one of

priority:

Are you willing to trade personal privacy for

personal safety??

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