Air Canada: Celebrating 70 Years of Leadership

This article provides a thorough history of Air Canada, now 70 years old. The author describes conditions in the 1930s in Canada that led to the nascent Canadian airline industry, the effects of the Depression on air travel in Canada, and the early relationship between United and Air Canada. The airline’s first flight, on September 1, 1937, lasted 50 minutes, and traveled between Vancouver and Seattle. The airline’s greatest early challenge was flying across the Rocky Mountains during the winter. Like United, the airline’s first flight attendants were trained nurses. The article includes a number of photographs of early aircraft and personnel who helped shape the airline. It also includes an historical list of Air Canada’s innovations over the past 70 years

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• Authors:
  • Glab, Jim
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 66-68, 70, 72-74
• Serial:
  • ATW: Air Transport World
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Penton Media
  • ISSN: 0002-2543

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; History; Management
• Identifier Terms: Air Canada
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01080252
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 2007 6:38AM