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About Air Canada
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.
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.

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 Janua...