Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 182 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth-largest passenger airline by fleet size. Air Canada's corporate headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec, while its largest hub is at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The airline's regional service is Air Canada Express.
Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA), was created by federal legislation as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR) on 11 April 1936. By 1964, TCA had grown to become Canada's national airline and, in 1964, Jean Chrétien submitted a private member's bill to change the name of the airline from Trans-Canada Airlines to Air Canada, which TCA had long used as its French-language name. This bill failed but it was later resubmitted and passed, with the name change taking effect on 1 January 1965. In January 2001, Air Canada acquired Canada's second largest air carrier, Canadian Airlines, merging the latter's operations, becoming the world's twelfth-largest airline in the first decade of the 21st century.
The airline is founding member of Star Alliance, founded 14 May 1997.
Livery from 2005
Airbus A330-343, registration C-GHKX, built 2001, serial number 412 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 13 July 2016
Livery from 2018
Airbus A330-343, registration C-GFAF, built 1999, serial number 277 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 August 2018
