Special thanks to Gerald White, Director, Pionairs U.K. / E.C. (as well as Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Thailand and South Africa) for recommending us to his members.
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| Issue dated March 1995 |
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February 7, 1995 - Air Canada reached an agreement to increase its ownership of Air BC, from 85 per cent to 100 per cent. Air Canada purchased the minority equity interest held by Mr. Iain Harris, Air BC's President & CEO. As part of the transaction, Mr. Harris, who headed up the regional carrier for 13 years, resigned his position effective March 1, 1995. A successor would be appointed by that date. |
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Issue dated December 1996 |
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Air Canada's 40-year Club celebrates. There is a small and prestigious group within Air Canada to which only a few employees belong. The key which opens the door of this exclusive club is neither one's department or title, but company service - 40 years' worth. This year, 1996, 13 new members were welcomed into the 40-Year Club, bringing the overall membership to 245 employees. Mr. Lamar Durrett, President & Chief Executive Officer hosted a dinner in their honour in Montreal. During the evening the President then called each guest to the podium in the order in which they joined in 1956 to receive a gold watch along with their 40-Year Club certificate of membership and two positive space tickets. Captain Barney Stephanson who as a 1994 recipient, was invited to unveil the 1996 40-year plaque. In this photograph, Air Canada's executives celebrated with the newest 40-Year Club members: Back row - left to right: Robert Milton, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer; Bob Thompson, Captain, Toronto; George McKay, Captain, Toronto; Larry Leblanc, Purser, Vancouver; Ken Walker, Flight Service Director, Toronto; Barney Stephanson, Captain, Toronto (retired); George March, Customer Sales & Service Agent, Sydney; Rolly Baggley, Certificated Avionics Technician, Toronto; Bob Gordon, Captain, Toronto; John Wright, Captain, Toronto and Jean-Jacques Bourgeault, Senior Executive Vice President. Front row - left to right: Lamar Durrett, President & Chief Executive Officer; Doreen Thomas, Customer Sales & Service Agent, Edmonton; Mary Ofrenchuk, Purser, Toronto and Claude Taylor, Chairman Emeritus. Unable to attend: Bob Cléroux, Food Services Manager, Dorval; Nick Kakanis, Lead Customer Service Agent, Miami and Cary Lennon, Operator 1, Printing Bureau, Dorval. |
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Mirabel (YMX) Customer Sales and Service Agent Gilles Langlais celebrates his 30th anniversary with his fellow colleagues. From left to right: Pearl Snow, Hélene Haanpaa, Francine Laroche-Dupuis, Anne-Marie Labelle, Guy Poirier, Gilles Langlais, Gerry Chalifoux, Guy Comtois, Chantal Raymond and Lise Latour-Aubuchon. |
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Air Canada team finishes WARR. Air Canada's US. team manages a smile after completing the 10K and 5K races in the World Airline Road Race (WARR) held in Atlanta, Georgia. Next year's 1997 race will be held in Kuala Lumpur. From left to right: Diane Dormer, Customer Service Agent, Tampa; Bill Luedemann, Tariff Coordinator, Tampa; Victor Golowaty, Valerie Golowaty, Lead Customer Service Agent, Washington; Mary Ellen Keir, Ramp Coordinator, Newark and Dotty Gibeau, Lead Customer Service Agent, Newark. |
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Here we have the Paris staff in 1996. From the left: Aurelie Boitel, Svetlana Bona, Laeticia Derbez and Catherine Houziaux. |
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In NetLetter #1456, we had an article "A fond farewell to Prestwick" from the October 1996 issue of Horizons". In the December 1996 issue we found this item - More memories of Prestwick. As our first transatlantic destination, the Prestwick article rekindled fond memories for many in the Air Canada family. The following photo is of the original house which became Prestwick's Airport terminal building. The airport was built on an estate called Orangefield. Our thanks to Marion L. (née Paton) Robinson for sending in the photo and providing the historical information. |
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Derek MacPherson posted this photo on Skies Magazine via Facebook on January 22, 2021. Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 C-FSNU at Vancouver International Airport. Source: facebook.com/skiesmag |
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A petition has been created to change the Edmonton International Airport name to Edmonton Max Ward International Airport. Max Ward began his aviation career in the RCAF and would go on to flying bush planes in the north and establishing his own company Wardair, which successfully grew into one of Canada’s largest scheduled carriers. Source: Canadian Aviation Historical Society More more info at: www.cbc.ca/news |
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Posted on the Time Air Historical Society Facebook page |
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Øyvind Munch Ellingsen of Norway, has graciously given us pictures of SD3-30 G-BDMA. These pictures show the aircraft doing Cold Weather testing in Olso, Norway in January 1976. Before receiving C-GTAV, TAS, and TAM, G-BDMA was used as the training aircraft for Time Air crews. This particular aircraft was also used as a demonstration model, before and after training with Time Air. It carried on as a leased aircraft for SHORTS (serving with 15 other airlines), before being sold to MOLO Leasing of Billings, Montana in 1999. It was with the company for ten years, before retirement. We are currently in discussion with the Billings Airport, to see what the final fate of the aircraft is. Source: www.facebook.com/timeairhs/ |
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| Posted on the CP Air Employees Facebook page |
| On January 31, 2021, Derek J. Smith posted this photo on Facebook of the CP Air ramp Soccer team at Hawaii in the 1980's. No names were supplied. |
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Dave Axe, CP Air's Airport Manager at Victoria Airport (YYJ), at the time, posted this on Facebook - If passengers aboard CP Air's first flight to Victoria found it odd they were directed to a 20 x 4 metre trailer to pick up their baggage, their thoughts are shared by company officials who don't understand why Transport Canada told them there was no room in the main building. He admitted he finds it a little odd that at the same time his company was forced to do business from a trailer, Transport Canada has relocated the gift shop, put in a licensed lounge and planned an addition to provide a larger restaurant in the main terminal. Where the gift shop once was there are now four electric games machines and an additional waiting area. "They say within a year we'll be in the main terminal," Axe told "The Free Press" from his "office" in the trailer's stationery room. CP Air is conducting all its business from the trailer, including check-in, baggage and ticketing. Transport Canada usually rents airport space to airlines at a rate of about $20 a square foot. In the case of CP Air, the land on which the renovated trailer sits is rented to the company. Airport manager Jim Mills says a plan has been worked out to re-align the ticketing and check-in area to provide space for CP Air. However, before this can go ahead the changes must be approved by Pacific Western Airlines, Air Canada and CP Air, a provision which leaves Canadian Pacific's fate in the hands of its competitors. Axe says representation was made on behalf of CP Air at senior levels. There were no discussions on a local level, he said. The Canadian Transport Commission approved CP Air's application to operate two incoming and two outgoing flights a day to the airport last September. |
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| From 'Canadian Flyer' November / December 2000 |
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Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his wife Aline brought the Liberal's campaign in for a pit stop at YVR. Canadian Airlines Crew & Support Staff for the Liberal Charter take a break for a photo opportunity. From left to right: Joe Desouza, Maintenance & Engineering; Claude April, RCMP; Lydia Scolli, CSD; Captain Paul Tracey; Barbara Tekker-Brzezinski, Flight Attendant; Madame and Prime Minister Chretien; Trevor Devine, Load Master; Linda Lavergne, Head of Customer Service; First Officer Bob Lindsay; Paule Bernier, Flight Attendant; Suzanne Brunelle, Flight Attendant and Pat Hardick, RCMP. |