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Archive for May 15th, 2008


Canadian Airlines vs. Air Canada

Since I am Canadian, the major airlines in my life have been Canadian Airlines and Air Canada. I did not spend a lot of time on Canadian since it got bought out when I was young, but Air Canada has been there through bankruptcy and through turbulence. Over the years I see how Air Canada keeps on cutting its budget and how it does not care about its passengers. I remember flying Canadian and after watching the videos I can conquer with anybody that Canadian will always be better than Air Canada.

When looking at Canadian’s fleet, it is beautiful for its time. Te fleet consisted of Airbus A320’s, Boeing’s 737s, 767s, 747s, DC-10s/30s, and many small propeller used in regional service. Even though they only lasted 14 years they never had a fatality.

Now compare this to Air Canada. When I looked for their historical fleet, it was completely disorganized on their website. Some of the airplanes they used were acquired from Canadian Airlines. The Lockheed Tristar was taken out of service in 1996, the Fokker F28 was retired in 2004, the DC-9s were put down in 2002, Boeing 747s not acquired from Canadian were retired by 2004.

When I asked my parents who they thought were better they immediately responded to Canadian. What I liked, though it hurt me, was that part of the reason they went bankrupt was partially because of their excellent service.

When watching the videos below please enjoy and feel the pain we Canadian supporters feel.

PLEASE leave questions or ideas for me to write about because I am running out of ideas and I would love it if I could get some ideas that you guys are interested in. The great thing is, you do not do any work, I do the research and I answer the question.