Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Canadian Pacific Air Lines, also known as CP Air, was a Canadian airline. It existed from 1942 to 1987. In the 1940s, several small airlines were combined to form CP Air. Air Canada was owned by the government and CP Air could not fly the same routes that Air Canada flew. So in 1949, the airline started international flights to Australia, China, Fiji and The Netherlands. These were countries that Air Canada did not service.[1] In 1961, it bought its first jet aircraft - a Douglas DC-8.[2] By the 1960s CP Air flew to several cities across 5 continents—Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.[3] In the early 1980s CP Air was allowed to fly wherever it wanted. It rapidly increased the number of planes and opened several new routes. By 1987, the airline had a debt of $1 billion.[4] In 1987 Air Canada was privatized by the National Transportation Act.[5] The company Pacific Western Airlines then purchased Canadian Pacific Airlines.[5] It was renamed Canadian Airlines.[6] Canadian Airlines itself was combined with Air Canada in 2001.[7]
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| Founded | 1942 | |||
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| Ceased operations | 1987 | |||
| Hubs | Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver | |||
| Destinations | several | |||
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia | |||
Gallery
A CP Air DC-8 in Portugal.
A CP Air DC-10 at Manchester Airport.
The last paint-job used after the airlines was renamed "Canadian Pacific Air Lines". It was shortened to just "Canadian" after the merger.
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Canadian Pacific Air Lines Media
CP Air Boeing 737 landing at Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in 1971
Bristol Britannia 314 "Empress of Rome" at Manchester Airport in 1965
A Douglas DC-8 at Gatwick Airport in 1977
CP Air Boeing 747, Boeing 737 and Boeing 727 at Toronto International Airport in 1975
A Boeing 737-200 at San Francisco International Airport in 1983
A Boeing 737-200 in the 1986 livery, later used as the basis for the Canadian Airlines livery
CF-CPQ after the incident at Sydney Airport in 1971.
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References
- ↑ Pigott, Peter (October 2002). Wings Across Canada. ISBN 9781554883790. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ "CP Air: The Airline". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Dunson, Josh (1965). "Freedom in the Air". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ "Canadian Pacific All Services Map". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rodney Tolley; Brian John Turton, Transport Systems, Policy and Planning: A Geographical Approach (New York; London: Routledge, 2013), p. 149
- ↑ "'Ultra-low cost airline' NewLeaf Travel takes flight amid Canada's turbulent airline history". 7 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ "1942: Canadian Pacific Airlines is born - Air Canada's 75th Anniversary". Retrieved 14 January 2016.[dead link]