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What we compareAir CanadaAir Transat
Country in archiveCanadaCanada
FoundedApril 11, 19371986
FounderGovernment of CanadaFrançois Legault
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, CanadaMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Name originAir Canada was the long-used French-language name of Trans-Canada Air Lines. After a private member's bill by Jean Chrétien passed, the airline officially took the name on 1 January 1965.The name combines the generic word air with Transat, a short form of transatlantic. The sources used here do not state this explicitly, so it is a reasonable reading of the name rather than a documented fact.
HighlightsDomestic and international passenger service, Air Canada Cargo, Air Canada Express, Air Canada RougeMontréal–Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo19371987
Latest archived logo20172017
Archived logo assets74

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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