Air Canada began as Trans-Canada Airlines, in Sep,’37. The first flight of Air Canada was on a Lockheed L-10A, from Vancouver to Seattle, carrying mail and only two passengers. It was a mere 50 minutes flight. The airline developed fast, and by’64, Trans-Canada Airlines became Canada’s national airline. At that time, it was renamed as Air Canada. The airline became private in the year’89. Air Canada also acquired the Canadian Airlines International, around the same time.
Today, Air Canada is more than 70 years old, and is largest passenger-service airline in Canada. Every year, it carries nearly 32 million passengers to 170 places across the globe. Air Canada also ranks–th among the airlines, across the world.
Air Canada believes that travel should be convenient for its customers and therefore it is the only airline that offer flight passes. Flight passes allow the passenger to manage their travel online. These flight passes can be obtained either in the form of pre-purchased flight credits or a monthly subscription that provides you with unlimited flights in certain sectors.
The airline is one of the best in the world, and this is the feedback from none other than Air Canada’s own customers. Air Canada was given the title of the ‘Best Airline in North America’ by a survey that was conducted from August 2006 and June 2007. The Airline Industry Achievement Award was also presented to the airline in 2007 for being a market leader. Air Canada already has several ‘Best Airline in Canada and North America’ under its belt, awarded by readers of various travel magazines.
Besides working hard to keep their customers content and pleased, Air Canada also works hard enough to play their part in keeping the environment and nature preserved. They have initiated this process already by expending billions; and investing money in new aircrafts, which would save more energy. Air Canada has successfully reduced the emission level of their flights, by 28%. By the year 2020, the airline also has the ambition of bettering the efficiency of their fuel by 25%.
Air Canada also launched green programs in-house and recycling programs on board. They teamed up with an interesting program called ‘zerofootprint’. This program allows passengers to voluntarily offset the carbon emissions from the flight they have taken by participating in the reforestation program in Canada.
Though Air Canada is counted among the largest airlines in the world, yet it seeks the help of the other airlines to offer an extensive network of worldwide destinations to its passengers.
Graham McKenzie is the content syndication coordinator for South Arica?s leading Flight comparison & Booking portal, which includes Alitalia Airlines amongst others.
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