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Issue dated May 1971 |
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Brilliant Inaugural to Israel Features Fanfare, Publicity One of the most impressive sights in the history of Israel's Lod Airport was the inaugural arrival on April 2, 1971 of a CP Air DC-8-63 Spacemaster with president John C. Gilmer; VP marketing and sales H. B. Renwick; and a load of revenue passengers. While the first-flight passengers were presented with flowers and souvenir scrolls, the president and vice-president were greeted officially by local dignitaries including the Israel director of civil aviation, the Canadian ambassador and the president of El Al. There followed a brief ceremony and reception in a special room at the airport decorated with the flags of the 16 countries served by CP Air. Responding to greetings from the welcoming dignitaries, Mr. Gilmer said: "The multiple attractions of Israel as one of the oldest lands and one of the newest nations in the world are truly renowned." He referred to the remarkable increase of visitors to Israel from 7,000 in 1948 to 70,000 in 1960 and 440,000 in 1970. I am equally confident that the shrinkage of the vast geographical distance between our countries to a mere 10 hours will encourage more and more tourists and businessmen from Israel to visit Canada," he said. The inaugural ceremonies were followed by a press conference, then a formal reception in Tel Aviv hosted by CP Air and attended by leading businessmen and government officials. |
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Hot on Ice - Winners of the Aeronaves de Mexico cup, the CP Air Hawks, below, carried the colours of Montreal Airport Traffic to victory over the SST team, representing maintenance, station attendants and catering. The victors are, left to right: Back row: G. Rozon, l. Maybury, S. Murray, J. R. Haynes, S. Kowalewicz and morale-booster F. Sanderson. Front row: R. Brunet, W. Savage and H. Ragot. |
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