Laurentide Air Services

Laurentide Air Services started the first scheduled air service in Canada on 23May1924 and was absorbed in 1925 in Inter Provincial Airways

[ – INTER-PROVINCIAL AIRWAYS was formed in 1928 by Major General Sir James O’Brian amalgamated the CANADIAN FAIRCHILD COMPANY, LAURENTIDE AIR SERVICES and other Canadian transportation elements ]

[ – CANADIAN AIRWAYS was formed by the merger of INTER-PROVINCIAL AIRWAYS and WESTERN CANADA AIRWAYS in 1930 ]

[ – 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 ]

[ – AIR CANADA was founded as TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES on 10/Apr/1937 starting with mail flights between Vancouver and Seattle. It was renamed to its current name on 01/Jan/1965. Air Canada acquired Canadian Airlines on 04/Jan/2000 and subsequently merged it’s operations in
< international and regional passenger and cargo carrier. Flag carrier of Canada > ]

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