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Air Canada is Canada's flag air carrier and recognised as one of the world's safest airlines.
Air Canada has several regional partners, including Air Canada Jazz, Air Labrador, Air Georgian, and Central Mountain Air.
There is also a low-cost airline supported by Air Canada called Air Canada Tango and a premium jet charter service for corporate and professional sports teams called Air Canada Jetz.
Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA), Air Canada's predecessor, launched its first flight, a Lockheed 10A, on September 1, 1937. It carried two passengers and mail from Vancouver to Seattle. In 1964 an act of Parliament changed the company's name to Air Canada, effective January 1, 1965.
In 1989 the company became fully privatized. Air Canada provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to over 150 destinations, vacation packages to over 90 destinations, as well as maintenance, ground handling and training services to other airlines.
On September 2, 1998 pilots for Air Canada launched the first pilots' strike in company history.
In 2000 after acquiring Canada's second largest air carrier, Canadian Airlines, it became the world's twelfth largest commercial airline.
As of 2002, Air Canada provides scheduled and chartered passenger jet service directly to 20 Canadian cities, 35 destinations in the United States and 47 cities in Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, the Southwest Asia, India and South America. Air Canada averages nearly 740 flights each day, and serves 23 million customers annually. It is a member in the Star Alliance network, a grouping of 14 airlines offering seamless travel worldwide. Together, Star Alliance carriers serve 729 airports in 124 countries. Air Canada has about 40,000 employees and 306 aircraft. Therefore, Air Canada codeshares services on other Star carriers, such as bmi's Toronto to Manchester, United Kingdom flight.
In 2004 Air Canada had 78 wide-body jets of several types including the Boeing 747 and 767, Airbus A330-300 and A340-300, 122 narrow-body jets: Airbus A320, A319, A321, Boeing 737 and 111 regional and commuter aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet, BAe 146 and de Havilland Canada Dash 8.
On 1 April 2003, Air Canada filed for bankruptcy protection.
The list does not include cities only served by Air Canada Jazz and/or affiliated regional carriers.
Air Canada uses the IATA designator code AC.
Air Canada uses the ICAO designator code ACA.
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