Starratt Airways

Robert Starratt arranged for the purchase of a deHavilland DH60 Gipsy Moth aircraft to scout the trails and aid in equipment repairs for his transport company. Before too long he had a fleet of fifteen aircraft. The purchase of these had resulted in the formation of Starratt Airways in 1932. It was at the time one of the largest air transportation companies in the world. In one year it moved 12,604 passengers and 6,583, 804 pounds of freight making it at that time, the world’s largest airline. Robert Starratt sold his company to the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1941. It was later reformed, along with eight other bush companies from around the country, into Canadian Pacific Air Lines
– [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 acquired CANADIAN AIRLINES in 2000 and subsequently merged it’s operations in]