Wardair

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Wardair Canada was a Canadian charter airline that starting in 1986, led by scheduled flights. The airline was named after its founder Maxwell William Ward.

History

Maxwell W. Ward had from 1946 to 1949, based in Yellowknife Polaris Charter Company that was doing cargo flights in the Canadian Northwest Territories with a de Havilland Fox Moth. In 1952, Ward took up this concept again and founded in Edmonton, the airline Wardair Limited. Flight operations commenced on June 6, 1953 with a factory new de Havilland Canada DHC -3. First utilized Wardair single-engine aircraft types DHC -3 Otter and DHC- 2 Beaver on a charter and supply flights in northern Canada. Twin-engine cargo aircraft of the type Bristol 170 extended from 1958 the fleet.

In the spring of 1962 Wardair rented a Douglas DC-6B (CF - PCI) of the Canadian Pacific Airlines to provide charter flights for clubs and associations. The first mission took place on May 10, 1962 between Calgary and Ottawa. The first international flight took place in Copenhagen on 22 June 1962 by Edmonton. In the summer, the aircraft was mainly used on routes to Europe. In winter mainly targets in California and Mexico were controlled. For international flights, the Company adopted the name Wardair Canada, but only in 1975 the official company name was. On April 25, 1966, the company received the first jet aircraft, a Boeing 727-100 (CF -FUN ), and replaced so that the leased DC - sixth In the following year Wardair went public and financed by the purchase of two Boeing 707- 320C, the long-haul were used from 1968. The delivery of the first widebody Boeing 747-100 (CF - DJC ) was carried out on 23 April 1973.

In 1972 was founded the first subsidiary companies with the Canada Travel UK ( from 1976 Wardair UK) and the International Vacations ( from 1976 Wardair Holidays ), on the Wardair marketed own package holidays and city breaks. London and Manchester then developed into the most important international destinations and were served by Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton. In addition, Hawaii has become a significant market. With the Wardair Hawaii, Jamaica and Wardair Wardair Equipment emerged in mid -1970s more subsidiaries.

On 1 January 1976, the Group was restructured and the parent company Wardair International Limited founded, under whose umbrella the airline Wardair Canada and all other subsidiary companies have been combined. The Wardair International moved in the same year its headquarters to Toronto. The Edmonton Airport remained the home base of the airline Wardair Canada, although most compounds from the Toronto airport went out. Following the acquisition of two McDonnell Douglas DC -10-30 international routes in 1978 were exclusively operated with widebody aircraft. In October 1979, Wardair adjusted the traditional air services in northern Canada and used propeller aircraft then only for internal tasks.

In early 1986, received Wardair the rights for national and international flights. On May 12, 1986, decorated with the start of the summer schedule an outbound route network from Toronto to Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Edmonton, on the three leased machines of the type Airbus A300 were used. In the same year international scheduled flights to London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Prestwick, Cardiff, Newcastle and San Juan and Puerto Plata were offered. In January 1987, Wardair ordered 12 aircraft of the type Airbus A310 -300, which were delivered in November 1987, replaced the older A300 and DC-10 gradually. For the further expansion of the national rail network in 1988 orders over 12 McDonnell Douglas MD -88, 24 Fokker F-100 and two additional Airbus A310 -300 were made. After it was announced in January 1989 that the Canadian Airlines International was interested in a merger with the Wardair, the delivery of the ordered aircraft was initially delayed and eventually canceled. On April 28, 1989, Thomas the parent company of Canadian Airlines, the PWA Corporation, Wardair Canada. The airline flew to the acquisition initially under their existing brand names, until it was fully incorporated on 15 January 1990 in the Canadian Airlines International.

Used aircraft

  • Airbus A300B4 -203 (1986 to 1988)
  • Airbus A310 -304 (1987 to 1990)
  • Boeing 707- 320C ( 1968 to 1978 )
  • Boeing 727-100 (1966 to 1973)
  • Boeing 747-100 and Boeing 747-200 ( 1973-1990 )
  • Bristol Type 170 (1958 bis 1977)
  • De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver ( 1954-1968 )
  • De Havilland Canada DHC -3 Otter (1953 to 1971)
  • De Havilland Canada DHC- 6 Twin Otter ( 1970-1979 and 1981-1988 )
  • De Havilland Canada DHC -7 ( 1978-1979 )
  • Douglas DC- 6B ( 1962-1966 )
  • Grumman Gulfstream I (1979 to 1980)
  • McDonnell Douglas DC- 10-30 (1978 bis 1988)
  • Mitsubishi MU -2 ( 1975-1977 )
IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Mississauga De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Canadian Pacific Air Lines Package tour Puerto Plata (city)
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