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Air Canada: The History
Contributor(s): Pigott, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 1459719522     ISBN-13: 9781459719521
Publisher: Dundurn Press
OUR PRICE:   $31.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General
- Business & Economics | Industries - Transportation
- Transportation | Aviation - History
Dewey: 387.706
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 7.08" W x 9.93" (1.46 lbs) 328 pages
 
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Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines.

Air Canada: The History explores a modern miracle that has made commercial air travel in our country an everyday occurrence. The airline was born in 1937 as Trans Canada Airlines, a ward of the Canadian National Railway. Renamed Air Canada in 1964 to reflect its status as a jet-age airline, it survived devastating air crashes, financial deficits, self-serving politicians, strikes, privatization, and the Airbus scandal.

It was reviled in the nineties by the likes of Peter Newman, who joked, If God had meant Man to fly, he wouldn't have invented Air Canada. Today it is a much loved national icon. Fortunate at times to be run by great CEOs like Gordon McGregor and Claude Taylor, Air Canada has fought off a hostile takeover, merged with its arch-rival Canadian Airlines, and touched countless lives during its 75-year history.

This is its story.

Contributor Bio(s): Pigott, Peter: -

Peter Pigott is Canada's foremost aviation author. Among his accomplishments are the histories of Air Canada, Trans Canada Airlines, and Canadian Airlines. He is the author of From Far and Wide, Sailing Seven Seas, Canada in Sudan and many more books. He lives in Ottawa.