What was the name of the Canadian airline that existed from 1942 to 1987?
Q: What was the name of the Canadian airline that existed from 1942 to 1987?
A: The Canadian airline was called Canadian Pacific Air Lines, also known as CP Air.
Q: How did CP Air differ from Air Canada in the 1940s?
A: CP Air could not fly the same routes that Air Canada flew, so in 1949, it started international flights to countries that were not serviced by Air Canada.
Q: When did CP Air buy its first jet aircraft?
A: In 1961, CP Air bought its first jet aircraft - a Douglas DC-8.
Q: Where did CP air fly to in the 1960s?
A: In the 1960s, CP air flew to several cities across 5 continents—Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
Q: What happened to CP air in the early 1980s?
A: In the early 1980s, CP air was allowed to fly wherever it wanted and rapidly increased their number of planes and opened several new routes.
Q: Why did Canadian Pacific Airlines cease operations in 1987?
A: By 1987, the airline had accumulated a debt of $1 billion and was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines who renamed it Canadian Airlines.
Q: When did Canadian Airlines merge with Air Canada?
A:Canadian Airlines merged with Air Canada in 2001.
