Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Posted on the The Air Canada Family Friends (ACFF) Facebook page by Karl-Heinz Krauss.

CP Air YVR OPS Centre circa 1970's.

Issue dated March 1998

We've all heard of our YVR Hub, which is fast becoming North America's finest gateway to Asia. Well, span the country to Canada's rugged east coast and you'll find another hub in our Canadian operation with a gateway all its own.

Halifax's hub-and-spoke operation connects our customers in the Atlantic provinces to and from destinations such as Stephenville, Gander, St. John's, Deer Lake, Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton, Sydney and Charlottetown.

Pictured below, left to right, are: Station Attendants Kevin Brett, Gary Smith and Richard Wolthers groom Flt CP943 bound for YYZ and YWG.

Customer service agents Nancy Clarke and Randy Goldsworthy as they finish whisking customers from Air Atlantic's aircraft to the main carrier during one of the peak periods of the day.

Atlantic Canada is known for the warmth of its people and these three Halifax-based Flight Attendants are a case in point. 

Left to right are: Molly English, Assunta Scattalon and Suzanne Bertin. 

The Great Canadian Face-Off

More than 300 employees from seven bases across Canada converged on Calgary from February 3 - 5, 1998 for the 10th Annual Canadian Airlines Transcon Hockey Tournament. Dubbed the 'Great Canadian Face-Off', 12 teams competed for top honours in three divisions, with representation from our bases in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary.

Participants came from Reservations, Maintenance & Engineering, Inflight, Flight Operations, Airports and Canadian Regional. Fifty-seven games were played in total over the three days.

The winners were: Division A, Vancouver Crunch; Division B, Edmonton Pluggers and Division C, Ottawa Capitals.

Vancouver Crunch

Edmonton Pluggers

Ottawa Capitals