Air Canada Wallpapers

Air Canada aircraft, Megawallpapers: Air Canada is Canada's flag air carrier. Headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, the airline provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to over 160 destinations, vacation packages to over 90 destinations, as well as maintenance, ground handling and training services to other airlines. Its main base is Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport with hubs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a Pacific hub at Vancouver International Airport. Calgary International Airport is a mini-hub in Western Canada.Air Canada's regional partners include Air Canada Jazz, Air Labrador, Air Georgian, and Central Mountain Air. There is also a premium jet charter service for corporate clients and professional sports teams called Air Canada Jetz. [br]Created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR), Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) on April 10, 1937, it launched its first flight, using a Lockheed 10A, on September 1, 1937 carrying two passengers and mail from Vancouver to Seattle. By 1964, TCA had grown to become Canada's national airline and in 1964, the future Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien submitted a private member's bill to change the name of the airline from Trans-Canada Airlines to Air Canada. This bill failed on its first attempt but was resubmitted and passed on its second attempt. The name change was effective from January 1, 1965. In a late 1970s reorganization at CNR, Air Canada became an independent Crown corporation. [br] [br]In 1989, Air Canada was completely privatised, the federal government no longer having any share in the company. Air Canada is a founding member of the Star Alliance, which was launched in May 1997. On September 2, 1998 pilots for Air Canada launched the first pilots' strike in company history. At the end of 1999, the Canadian government relaxed some of the aviation regulations, aimed at facilitating a consolidation of the Canadian airline industry. In January 2000 Air Canada acquired Canada's second largest air carrier, Canadian Airlines, subsequently merging the latter's operations into its own. As a result, it became the world's twelfth largest commercial airline. [br]Air Canada codeshares services on other Star carriers, such as British Midland's Toronto to Manchester, United Kingdom flight. On April 1, 2003, Air Canada filed for bankruptcy protection. Air Canada finally emerged from bankruptcy protection on September 30, 2004, 19 months later. ACE Aviation Holdings is the new parent company under which the reorganized Air Canada is held. In October 2003, Air Canada became the first airline to launch a non-stop flight between North America and India when it launched daily flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. On August 1, 2004, Air Canada converted the daily Hong Kong – Toronto Pearson International Airport flight AC15/16 with a stop at Vancouver to a non-stop flight taking the Great Circle route near the North Pole. A total distance of 12,569 km (7810 miles), this was accomplished using two brand new A340-500s—this was the first route to Hong Kong applying A340-500 ultra long-haul aircraft. In October 2004, the airline unveiled new in-flight service products and new aircraft livery. The new theme song, You and I, is sung by Céline Dion. On October 31, 2004, the last Air Canada Boeing 747 flight landed in Toronto, ending more than 30 years of 747 service with the airline. The remaining 747-400s which were previously in service have been superseded by the A340-500, which themselves are due for replacement. On November 9, 2005, Air Canada announced that it would renew its wide body fleet over several years by purchasing a mixture of Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.[2] The order included a firm order for 32 aircraft (18 777s and 14 787s) plus options for 64 more aircraft (18 777s and 46 787s), totalling 96 aircraft. The first 777s would begin arriving in 2006 and the first 787s would begin arriving in 2010. Among the 777s to be delivered to Air Canada are freighter versions, making Air Canada a launch customer of the 777 Freighter (along with Air France-KLM.) [br]The 777 would begin deliveries in early 2007, while the 787 would begin deliveries in 2010. The order for the 777s would gradually phase out all A340s, such as the A340-300 and A340-500. In addition, the Boeing 787 would gradually replace the current Boeing 767 and A330-300. Air Canada has also begun to take delivery of Embraer 175 and 190 aircraft which will be used to expand their domestic and transborder routes. Older Airbus A319//A320 will be replaced with some of these new aircraft as delivery permits. Air Canada is wholly owned by ACE Aviation Holdings and employs 29,198 staff (at January 2005). In November 2005 Air Canada stopped serving hot meals to all economy class seats for flights within Canada and the United States. A selection of cold foods has been made available for purchase on those flights. [br]Also in November 2005, Air Canada removed the paint from C-GDSP (A Boeing 767-233/ER, Tailfin No: 613), leaving a shiny silver fuselage. This was done in an effort to reduce fuel costs by reducing the weight of the plane, with over 300 pounds of paint being removed. If all goes well, all the 767's in the fleet will have their paint removed in a similar manner. [br]Fleet - The Air Canada fleet consists of the following 319 aircraft (as of December 2005): [br]52 Airbus A320-200 [br]48 Airbus A319-100 [br]2 Airbus A340-500 [br]10 Airbus A321-200 [br]8 Airbus A330-300 [br]10 Airbus A340-300 [br]12 Boeing 767-200 [br]33 Boeing 767-300 [br]13 Boeing 777-233LR on order, with 18 options (replacing all Airbus A340s) [br]3 Boeing 777-333ER on order [br]2 Boeing 777-233 Freighters on order [br]14 Boeing 787-833/-933 on order, with 46 options (replacing all Boeing 767s and Airbus A330s) [br]19 Bombardier CRJ 100 (Jazz) [br]31 Bombardier CRJ 200 (Jazz) [br]15 Bombardier CRJ 705 (Jazz) [br]39 De Havilland Dash 8-100 (DH-1) (Jazz) [br]23 De Havilland Dash 8-300 (DH-3) (Jazz) [br]15 Embraer 175 [br]2 Embraer 190 (43 more on order, deliveries began mid-December 2005). [br] [br]

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