What is Air Canada?
{{Infobox airline | airline = Air Canada | image = Air Canada logo.svg | IATA = AC | ICAO = ACA | callsign = AIR CANADA | hubs = [[Calgary]], [[Montreal-Trudeau International Airport|Montreal]], [[Toronto-Pearson International Airport|Toronto]] | frequent_flyer = Aeroplan | alliance = [[Star Alliance]] }} '''Air Canada''' is [[Canada]]'s largest [[airline]]. It flies from Canada to the [[United States]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Australia]], and some [[Caribbean]] [[country|countries]]. Air Canada began on September 1, 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moments.aircanada.com/timeline/september-1-1937-passengers-get-to-fly-75/|title=September 1, 1937: Passengers get to fly! 75 - Air Canada's 80th Anniversary|website=moments.aircanada.com|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301215340/http://moments.aircanada.com/timeline/september-1-1937-passengers-get-to-fly-75/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first called ''Trans-Canada Air Lines''. The first flight was from [[Vancouver]] to [[Seattle]]. The airline's name changed to ''Air Canada'' in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aircanada.com/content/aircanada/ca/en/aco/home/about/corporate-profile.html|title=Air Canada Corporate Profile|website=www.aircanada.com}}</ref> Air Canada was [[Privatization|privatized]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2013/04/12/air-canadas-privatization-25-years-later/|title=Air Canada's privatization, 25 years later|first1=Annie Bergeron-Oliver Published on|last1=Apr 12|last2=2013 6:23pm|date=12 April 2013|publisher=}}</ref> A large [[Strike action|strike]] was launched by Air Canada pilots in September 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/06/14/remember_what_happened_in_the_last_air_canada_strike.html|title=Remember what happened in the last Air Canada strike? - The Star|website=thestar.com|date=14 June 2011 }}</ref> The airline became a founding member of [[Star Alliance]] since 1997 alongside [[Lufthansa]], [[Scandinavian Airlines]], [[