Trans-Canada Air Lines
Year Inducted: 1973
"The individual roles played by the company's maintenance personnel and pilots during its formative year, provide an increased safety factor for its passengers, resulting in an outstanding benefit to Canadian aviation."
Trans-Canada Air Lines was created on April 10, 1937 to provide air transportation, air freight and airmail service to all regions of the country. During WWII, TCA operated the Canadian Government Trans-Atlantic Air Service and provided scheduled flights across the Atlantic Ocean. By 1947 the airline had links to all major cities within Canada and had opened new links with the United States that subsequently laid the paths for an international network of flights. TCA went on to become one of the largest carriers in the world and a major force within the Canadian economy. It was eventually renamed Air Canada in 1965.
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
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