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Issue dated January 1985
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When Alex Sinclair, Aircraft Cleaner, Toronto, retired in 1984, fellow employees who had come to know him over the years gathered to say goodbye and wish him well.
In the photo, Alex, centre, is shown with, from the left: Lynne Cox, Bill Vanniewenhuizen, Peter Zarycky, Terry Hannon, Gus Molinaro, Dick Smith, Fiore Palumbo, Jim Davenport, Terry Constandinidist, Bruno Dichiara, Bill Lavers, Ron Dickson, Larry Romanica, John MacGillivary, Joe Vanderra, Larry Flowers, Ray Backwell, Harold Thompson, Bob Squirrell, Adolfo Pinlac, Bob McGregor, Tom Houstin, Mike Baker, Pete Schoonhaven and George Marshall.
Editor's Note by Bob Sheppard:
I remember working with Alex and he had a locker beside mine. He had a penchant for collecting newspapers and his locker was full of them. He would take them home when it got too full. I asked him why, and he replied, I just like them and in fact I have a room at home that is full, going back many years.
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Bombay hosts reception.
In early 1985 some 150 guests including travel agents, airline staff and commercial business travellers attended a reception at the Ambassador Hotel in Bombay. Ambassador Flight Kitchens, which handle Air Canada's catering requirements in Bombay, prepared a sumptuous spread of First, Executive and Hospitality class meals.
Shown admiring the impressive food display are, from the left: Sheila Fernandes, Customer Service Officer, Jack Parmar, Sales Manager, Bombay; Mrs. Parmar and Peter Broad, Manager, Indian sub-continent.
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Roger Linder, former Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Service, was the guest of honour at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the New York sales office.
He is shown, centre, assisted by Customer Service Agents Joan Fink, left, and Laurie Cassaro.
Looking on, from the left: are: Jennifer Miller, Customer Service Agent; Pat Conlan, Reservations Service Supervisor; Kathy Baltz, Manager, U.S. Reservations Sales Office; Diane Jennings, Customer Service Agent; Guy Chiasson, former Vice President, U.S. and Southern Region and Michael De Wilde, General Manager, Northeast U.S.
Peeking from behind are several customer service agents.
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Issue dated February 1985
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Oslo highlights expansion.
The Oslo Travel Show provided Air Canada staff with an opportunity to promote the airline's service to Bombay and Singapore, with excellent connections through London. Shown, from the left, are: Guenter Veeser, Sales Manager, Norway and Sales Agents Britt Vinje, Brit Odegard and Synnove Fernholt Nordahl.
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Valentine's day 1985 marked the second anniversary of the entry into regular scheduled service of Air Canada's Boeing 767.
It was on February 14, 1983, that aircraft fin number 601 operated the Toronto - Calgary and Calgary - Toronto - Montreal routes.
The aircraft had been flying on a ghost schedule on the Montreal - Toronto Rapidair service since November 1982 for familiarization purposes. In its first two years, the B-767 has become firmly entrenched as the work horse on medium to long haul North American routes. As of May 1985, it launched another era in company history as one of the first twin engine commercial jets to operate over the North Atlantic.
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Issue dated August 1985
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Haiti cargo service.
Air Canada Cargo concluded an agreement with Air Haiti to wet lease a DC-8-73 to operate between New York and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Some of the people associated with the service which operated twice weekly are shown in this photo taken at JFK. From the left, are: George Hoban, General Sales Agent; Brian Ganley, Cargo Supervisor; Tom Kelley and Pete Newell, Cargo Agents; Jason Troncale, Cargo Sales & Service Manager; Francis Myrtil, Air Haiti; Hank Fleming, Lead Cargo Agent and Gerry Brown, General Sales Agent.
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