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Air Canada together with Air Canada Jazz provides scheduled and
charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than
150 destinations, vacation packages to over 90 destinations, as
well as maintenance, ground handling and training services to
other airlines.
Canada's flag carrier is recognized as a leader in the global
air transportation market by pursuing a strategy based on value-added
customer service, technical excellence and passenger safety.
In 2005, an independent survey by more than 12 million international
air travelers ranked Air Canada as the Best Airline in North America.
In a 2002 survey of the world's most frequent air travellers,
conducted by travel information publisher OAG, Air Canada was
voted best airline in North America for the second time in three
years; Air Canada's frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, was voted
best in the world for two consecutive years in 2002, and again
in 2003 when the airline's website was also voted best in the
world. Air Canada has been ranked as the world's safest airline
in an independent analysis by air safety consultants of more than
500 airlines using ten management and environment criteria. In
1999, Air Canada was selected as best passenger service airline
in the world by Air Transport World Magazine. In addition, the
readers of Business Traveler International have chosen Air Canada
as their preferred airline to Canada for the past ten consecutive
years.
Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) inaugurated
its first flight on Sept. 1, 1937. The 50-minute flight aboard
a Lockheed 10A carried two passengers and mail between Vancouver
and Seattle. By 1964, TCA had grown to become Canada's national
airline; it changed its name to Air Canada. The airline became
fully privatized in 1989. In 2000, Air Canada acquired Canadian
Airlines International. Today, Air Canada is the 14th largest
commercial airline in the world.
source: www.aircanada.com
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