Difference between revisions of "Category:Canadian Pacific Air Lines"

'''Canadian Pacific Air Lines''' was a Canadian airline that operated on Canadian and international routes from 1942 to 1987. It operated under the name '''CP Air''' from 1968 to 1986.<br> In the early 1940s, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company purchased ten bush airlines in a short time span, finishing with the purchase of [[:Category: Canadian Airways Ltd|Canadian Airways Ltd]] in 1942, to form '''Canadian Pacific Airlines'''. In 1968, the company was rebranded as '''CP Air'''. The airline reverted to its original name written as '''Canadian Pacific Air Lines''' in 1986, with a new navy blue colour scheme and logo. This occurred shortly after the airline had taken over operations of Eastern Provincial Airways. This new incarnation, however, was short-lived. Less than a year later, in 1987, '''Canadian Pacific Air Lines''' was sold, along with Quebec's Nordair, to Calgary-based Pacific Western Airlines. In April 1987, PWA announced that the new name of the merged airline would be [[:Category: Canadian Airlines|Canadian Airlines International]] . In 2000, this last was taken over by and merged into [[:Category: Air Canada|Air Canada]].