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As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport: . means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out.
Air Canada is the largest airline and flag carrier of Canada. [1] Founded in 1937 as Trans-Canada Air Lines, it provides scheduled services to 195 destinations on six continents. Its largest hub is Toronto Pearson International Airport, followed by Montréal–Trudeau International Airport and Vancouver International Airport.
From the Toronto Area Control Centre, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Toronto Flight Information Region (FIR). The Toronto FIR airspace covers most of Southern Ontario, Central Ontario, parts of Eastern Ontario, and parts of northwestern Michigan. [1]
A photo shows the inside of an Air Canada jet during a flight from Vancouver to Singapore after it encountered turbulence on Oct. 11, 2023, sending passengers' food and drinks flying around the cabin.
Starting May 2024, Air Canada will be launching exclusive connective 'luxury' shuttle buses between this airport (or Hamilton Airport) and Toronto Pearson International Airport, as part of a pilot project to help serve connecting customers outside the GTA. Passengers will be able to check in for their flight from Toronto at the Waterloo Airport ...
In March 2011, Air Canada and the TPA concluded a Commercial Carrier Operating Agreement with Air Canada. [178] Air Canada Express began flying out of the airport on May 1, 2011. [ 179 ] United Continental Holdings (the merged Continental Airlines and United Airlines), however, decided not to fly out of the airport. [ 180 ]
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval International Airport to Toronto International Airport on November 29, 1963. About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 32 km (20 mi) north of Montreal, near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada, killing all 111 passengers and seven crew members.
Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), was created by federal legislation as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR) on 11 April 1937. [16] [17] The newly created Department of Transport under Minister C. D. Howe desired an airline under government control to link cities on the Atlantic coast to those on the Pacific coast.