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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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**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??