launce date – 1965 as air canada. founded 1937 as tca.
country – canada
history – hte national airline of canada has had mixed reputation and is a big carrier.
hubs – vancover, toronto, montreal secondary calgary, ottawa, halifax also have a maitence base in winipeg.
destinations – bounes areis, brisbane, sydney, vienna, nasau, san salvador, bridge town, brusells, hamilton, rio, sao paulo, a lot of canadian cities, bejing, shanghai, bogotoa, cartanega, liberia (costa rica), san jose (costa rica), cophenhagen, puerto cana, lyon, paris, puerto de farance, pointe de pitre, tolouse, frankfurt, munich.st georges (granada), hong kong, tokyo (both), dublin, rome, delhi, mumbai (seasonal), milan, osaka, cancun, mexico city, monterey, puerto vallerta, caselblanca, amsterdam, lima. manila, lisbon, st vincent, singapore, seoul, barcelona, madrid, geneva, zurich. bangkok. port of spain. providencecales. heathrow, manchester. a lot of us cities.
routes – too many to list.
fleet – 787, a320, a321,a220, 737, 777 former 767, a340, crj, dc-8, dc-9, 747
alliance – star alliance
accidents 797 (1983), 143 (same year amazingly also known as gimli glider) are the most famous.
personal experience – flew them in 2005 a bit disappointing at the back of the plane with a stranger between my family (due to being in last row with 5 accross) on a dash 8 (operated by a subsiduary) from montreal to ottawa and landing in heathrow after a long over night flight having to wait ages to disembark due to no aerobridge and a technical fault delaying departure.
next time – klm
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