Air Canada (eBook)

The History

Peter Pigott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
328 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-1954-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines, an integral part of this country's social fabric. During the course of its 75-year history, the airline was privatized, fought off a hostile takeover, merged with arch-rival Canadian Airlines, and touched countless lives. This is its story.

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Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines. Air Canada: The History explores a modern miracle that has made commercial air travel in our country an everyday occurrence. The airline was born in 1937 as "e;Trans Canada Airlines,"e; a ward of the Canadian National Railway. Renamed "e;Air Canada"e; in 1964 to reflect its status as a jet-age airline, it survived devastating air crashes, financial deficits, self-serving politicians, strikes, privatization, and the Airbus scandal. It was reviled in the nineties by the likes of Peter Newman, who joked, "e;If God had meant Man to fly, he wouldn't have invented Air Canada."e; Today it is a much loved national icon. Fortunate at times to be run by great CEOs like Gordon McGregor and Claude Taylor, Air Canada has fought off a hostile takeover, merged with its arch-rival Canadian Airlines, and touched countless lives during its 75-year history. This is its story.

Autor

Peter Pigott was born in England and grew up in India and Canada. After a career in the Department of Foreign Affairs, he became Canada's most prolific aviation author and among his accomplishments are the histories of Trans Canada Airlines and Canadian Airlines. Air Canada: The History is his 18th book. He lives in Ottawa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2014
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Airbus controversy • Air Canada Pilots Association • Boeing 747 • Bombardier • Calin Rovinescu • Canada Transportation Act • Canadian National Railway • Canadian Pacific Airlines • CanJet • C.D. Howe • Claude Taylor • DC-8 • flag carrier • Gerry Schwartz • Gordon McGregor • Grant McConachie • Hollis Harris • Jazz • Lockheed Tristar • Lufthansa • Mackenzie King • Michel Leblanc • ONEX hostile bid • Pacific routes • Pan American Airlines • Pierre Trudeau • Privatization • Robert Milton • state airline • Trans Canada Airlines • Viscount • Wardair • WestJet
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-1954-9 / 1459719549
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-1954-5 / 9781459719545