Air Canada: A collection from the archives
Passengers from London leave an Air Canada DC-8 plane at Toronto International Airport May 20, 1969. (Franz Maier for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Trans-Canada Air Lines (later Air Canada) employees take a course in makeup at Vancouver International Airport Nov. 1961. From left, Olga Lychak, Susan Pawlett, Dorothy Nash, Inge Czerny, Shirley Hunter, Elizabeth Barden, Barbara Sharpe, Donna Taylor and Louise Lazaruk. (The Canadian Press)The Canadian Press
One of the mobile lounges to go into operation at Toronto International Airport was tested at a preview in Toronto Nov. 21, 1973. The lounges, manufactured in the U.S., are being assembled in Toronto. Each costs $400,000 and can carry up to 150 passengers. (James Lewcun / The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Cara Foods employees prepare airline meals for Air Canada in Toronto, June 14, 1979. Air Canada sets its menus six months in advance. The two largest airline catering firms in Canada are Cara Operations Ltd. of Toronto and CP Hotels of Montreal. (Dennis Robinson / The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
An Air Canada L1011-100 (top) and a DC-9 on a snowy tarmac at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Nov. 24, 1986. (Erik Christensen / The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
A welcome sign hangs in Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto Dec. 18, 1987. (Tim McKenna / For The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Air Canada handles a wide variety of freight - pictured here, a shipment of cattle is secured by airport ground staff Nov. 1989. (Handout)
Passengers board an Air Canada shuttle helicopter in Toronto, Oct. 1986. (Wallace Immen / The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Long lines at the Air Canada counters at Toronto International Airport June 30, 1972. (John Wood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Air Canada aircraft sit on a snow-covered tarmac at Toronto International Airport, Feb.13, 1972. (Dennis Robinson / The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail