Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

• 1947 - July 1 -- Trans-Canada Air Lines began new DC-3 services with stops at Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur/Fort William, with a new service to Medicine Hat and Swift Current.
  • Also, a new TCA route linked Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton.
• 1949 - A control tower was opened at the Saskatoon airport. Shortly thereafter, Trans-Canada Air Lines began east-west service to Saskatoon.
  • Source: CAHS Regina district
• 1993 - November - Service Vancouver - London - New Delhi introduced.
• 1996 - Air Canada was the first North American airline to introduce the Airbus A340-300.

Found in 'Horizons' magazine

Issue dated February 1994

We shoot, we score!

Especially in the ad hoc charter business.

Air Canada’s ad hoc charter operation (charters other than regular scheduled charters) is growing so rapidly that business has doubled in 1993 over 1992.

Among group ad hoc charters, professional sports teams are the most lucrative. They generate the most charter revenue for Air Canada. The airline does not advertise its ad hoc charter business, so representatives from the Area Sales offices drum up business, explains Maxine Sansom, ad hoc Charters Coordinator. 

“So far, 1994 is on its way to meet and exceed the ‘93 revenues,” says Sansom. Business is booming when sports teams like the Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Eskimos (now Elks) choose Air Canada.

Editors' Note: This service has evolved into Air Canada Jetz and has expanded to various charters including corporations and entertainers.

Let them eat cake.

It was a two-cake celebration for Los Angeles Customer Service Agent Micheline Adam (centre) who celebrated 25 years of service with the company.

Micheline also brought her own cake ("I made it! 25") to share with Customer Service Agents Adrienne Everakes and Bethe Sullivan; Customer Service Manager David Burke and Customer Service Agents Christine Monette and Audrine Marshall.

"Air Canada officially opened its first cargo facility in New Jersey on December 15, 1993 and initial shipments received at our new cargo terminal have exceeded expectations", says Eugene Gonsalves, Cargo Sales & Service Manager - Northeast U.S.A.

"We anticipate rapid future growth in the volume of shipments from the new terminal. We are prepared to expand our facilities and increase our staff when circumstances demand it."

Air Canada is leasing office and storage space from Instant Air Freight, located at 225 North Avenue East in Elizabeth, New Jersey, adjacent to Newark International Airport.

The staff show off a plaque commemorating the opening of the airline's first Newark cargo facility.

From left to right: Eugene Gonsalves, Cargo Sales & Service Manager Northeast U.S.A.; Louis Girard, General Manager, Cargo Sales - Americas; Cargo Customer Service Agents
Al Pierre, Manita Bailey and Lead Cargo Agent Frank Cangialosi.

Fundraising Western Style.

Winnipeg-based flight attendants pulled out all the stops to raise money for the purchase of a wheelchair-equipped van for Flight Attendant Libby Norman's eight-year old son.

"It was unbelievable," says Flight Attendant Linda Meckling. "With the proceeds from the western night, a raffle, and numerous donations (not to mention the largest garage sale in Winnipeg's history), we were able to pay off the entire purchase price."

From left to right: Flight attendants Paulette Couture, Joey Bernes, Sylvia Phelan, Lorraine Jensen and Lynn Kuziw whooped it up at the airline's fundraising dance.