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Issue dated April 1982 |
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CP Air Holidays sales reps (from left) Janet Campbell, Nanettee Kyle, Penny Stevens, Melanie Watts and Anna Miller are busy spreading the word around London's travel agents about the newest charter flight program between the U.K. and Canada. |
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Many early retirements - Suddenly, we're different. The inner character of CP Air is taking a sudden and dramatic turn this spring with the early retirement of many veteran staff members, along with the grounding of the DC-8-63 fleet. Between 50 and 60 employees are taking early retirement this year under the company's staff reduction plan, brought about by a fickle economy which continues to adversely affect the airline business. These employees have a combined experience with CP Air of slightly more than 1,000 years. Many have been with the airline since its earliest days and have participated in its evolution from a collection of 10 founding bush airlines into one of the world's major international jet carriers. Below is sampling of the early retirees, left to right: Vic Geisler, Bill Klompas, Bob Howrie, John Wullum, Clyde Matheson, Don O'Grady, Bill Konowalchuk, Pete Howard, Karl Schaefer, Ed Lindsay, Red Stark, Miller Waling, and the Empress of Quebec. |
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CP Air leased several B-737's in the mid-80s; some received their full colours and a couple, like this Britannia one, barely received more than new titles. Registration C-GXCP was delivered to Britannia Airways in April 1982. It was leased to CP Air in November 1985, returned April 1986 (resumed its original registration, G-BJCV) and then leased again by Canadian Airlines in October 1987, this time registered as C-GCAU. It was again returned to Britannia in April 1988 and went through several leases. Last operator was Peruvian Airlines, acquired in July 2009. Photo by Gary Vincent at www.airhistory.net |
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Posted by Joe Gipp The Vancouver International Airport has sure changed over the decades. This is the one I remember the most, shown here around the end of the 1960's. Photo credited to BC Archives |
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Posted by Peter Luzny The 21-seat Douglas DC-3 joined CP Air's fleet in 1946, replacing many of the smaller, older aircraft on the more important routes across the system. Considered one of the most successful airliners, over 10,000 DC-3's were built for civilian and military use from 1936 - 1946. |
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