Canadian Airlines International

Canadian Airlines International, marketed as Canadian Airlines is a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada operating scheduled domestic and continental flights.

= History = Canadian Airlines International was established in 1986 via the merger of Nordair and Eastern Provincial Airways. It absorbed Canadian Regional Airlines in 2002.

Canadian Airlines International in British Columbia
Canadian Airlines entered the British Columbian market in 2002 with the acquisition of Canadian Regional Airlines, who had had a presence in BC since the establishment of its predecessor Time Air. It presently serves six destinations in BC.

Canadian Airlines acquired a total of twenty DHBC-5 Swan turboprop airliners at its creation, inheriting thirteen from Nordair and seven from EPA; disposal of these began almost immediately, with the first two being sold in 1987, one each to Ireland Airways and Air St Pierre, then five in 1988 (one to Iona National Airways of Ireland and two each to Air Creebec and Calm Air), and three more were sold in 1989 (two to Northern Thunderbird Air of BC and one to Northlands Air Manitoba). 1990 saw one more sold to Ireland Airways and two retired, and in 1991 two were retired and one was written off in an accident. The last three were retired in 1992. With the acquisition of Canadian Regional three more Swans were acquired; two of these were sold to Air Creebec in late 2003, and the third was retired in 2004.

In 1990, Canadian bought three DHBC-7 Tridents - two Trident 7C and one Trident 7E - from CP Air. The Trident fleet grew to five in 1994 with the addition of two Trident 7A acquired from Pacific Western Airlines, and more than doubled the following year with the addition of three more 7As from Inter-Dominion Air Lines and four Trident 7B from Pacific Western. One of the 7Bs was sold to Canair Cargo in 1997, but the rest of the Tridents lasted into the 21st century. Two more 7Bs were retired in 2001, and the fourth in 2002 along with one 7A. Half of the remaining four 7As were retired in 2003, the other half in 2004. The two 7Cs and one 7E had the longest careers with Canadian, the three being sold to SKY Airline of Chile in 2005.

Incidents

 * 14 August 1991 DHBC-5 Swan C-FBQD (c/n C806/1965) caught fire whilst unloading a cargo of fuel at Big Trout, Ontario, Canada. The aircraft burnt out and was written off.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A220-100 - 12, 26 on order
 * Airbus A320-200 - 12
 * Boeing 737-400 - 11
 * Boeing 737-700 - 22
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 8
 * Dash 8-300 - 10
 * Dash 8-400 - 39
 * Bombardier CRJ-200 - 15
 * Bombardier CRJ-900 - 35
 * Embraer E175 - 25

Historic

 * BAe 146-200 - 10
 * Dash 8-100 - 40
 * BAC 111
 * Boeing 737-200
 * Boeing 757-200 - 5
 * Fokker F28 - 30
 * Convair CV-580
 * Convair CV-640
 * DHBC-5 Swan - 23 (1986–1992 20x, 2002–2004 3x)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7A - 5 (1994–2004)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7B - 4 (1995–2002)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7C - 2 (1990–2005)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7E - 1 (1990–2005)
 * DHC-6 Twin Otter
 * Dash 7
 * Fairchild F-27
 * Hawker Siddeley HS.748
 * Short 330
 * Swearingen Metroliner

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Canada; "Continental" refers to services between NAFTA signatories (BC, Mexico, Canada, and the United States).