Canadian Transcontinental Airways

♦ Canadian Transcontinental Airways was formed in 1927 in Montreal. On 25Dec1927, a Fairchild aircraft flew along the north shore of the St. Lawrence from La Malbaie to Sept-Îles, Quebec, This was the first official Post Office air mail delivery for the communities along the north shore of Quebec. The pilot of this flight was Captain Charles Sutton. Canadian Transcontinental Airways ceased operations on 25Nov1930 to be of the several airlines that merged to form Canadian Airways (…..>Air Canada) ♦

♦ CP AIR was an amalgamation of 10 smaller airlines in 1942 (CANADIAN AIRWAYS, GINGER COOTE AIRWAYS, SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, WINGS, PRAIRIE AIRWAYS, MACKENZIE AIR SERVICES, ARROW AIRWAYS, STARRATT AIRWAYS, QUEBEC AIRWAYS and MONTREAL & DOMINION SKYWAYS) ♦

♦ CANADIAN AIRLINES was formed in 1987 when CP AIR, EASTERN PROVINCIAL AIRWAYS, PWA and NORDAIR amalgamated. WARDAIR was incorporated in 1989 ♦