Air Canada

Air Canada is Canada’s largest full-service airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada. Together with its regional affiliate Jazz, Air Canada serves over 29 million customers annually and provides direct passenger service to over 174 destinations on five continents. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance™, providing the world's most comprehensive air transportation network.

Air Canada has an extensive global network, with hubs in four major Canadian cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary), providing scheduled passenger jet service directly to 67 Canadian cities, 53 destinations in the United States and 56 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. Air Canada and its regional affiliate Jazz operate 1,354 scheduled flights each day on average. Through its strategic and commercial arrangements with Star Alliance™ , Air Canada offers service to over 855 destinations in 155 countries and provides top tier frequent flyer benefits.

Air Canada was ranked ‘Best Airline in North America’ in the world’s largest survey of air travelers conducted by the independent UK-based research firm Skytrax between August 2006 and June 2007. Air Transport World magazine awarded Air Canada the prestigious Airline Industry Achievement Award in 2007 for Market Leadership. Air Canada was voted ‘Best Airline in North America’ and ‘Best Airline in Canada’ by readers of the U.S. magazine, Global Traveler, and was voted ‘Best Business Class to Canada’ by readers of the U.S magazine, Business Traveler. EnRoute magazine received the award for Best Travel Magazine at the 2007 North American Travel Journalists’ Association Awards.

Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) inaugurated its first flight on September 1, 1937. 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, as it celebrates its 70th anniversary, Air Canada is the 14th largest commercial airline in the world, with approximately 23,000 full-time equivalent employees. Air Canada shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol “AC-B.TO”.

In 2007, Air Canada added 11 new non-stop international routes, including the launch of Vancouver-Sydney on December 14th using one of Air Canada’s eight brand-new Boeing 777 aircraft.

Facts & Figures

• Number of aircraft: 335
• Aircraft types: B777-300, B777-200, B767-200, Boeing 767-300, A340-300, A330-300, A321-200, A320-200, A319-100, Embraer 190 and Embraer 175
• Hubs: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary
• Number of employees: 27,619
• Passengers per year: Over 29,000,000
• Sales revenue: US$ 7.394 billion (as of 2006)
• Frequent flyer programme: Aeroplan
• Number of destinations: about 174
• Network strengths: Canada, U.S. and the Caribbean
• Date of entry: May 1997