What is Canadian Pacific Air Lines?
{{Infobox airline | airline = CP Air | image = | image_size = | alt = | IATA = CP | ICAO = CPC | callsign = EMPRESS | founded = 1942 | commenced = | ceased = 1987 | destinations = several | headquarters = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] | aoc = | bases = | hubs = [[Montreal]], [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]] | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = }} '''Canadian Pacific Air Lines''', also known as '''CP Air''', was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[airline]]. It existed from 1942 to 1987. In the 1940s, several small airlines were combined to form CP Air. [[Air Canada]] was [[ownership|owned]] by the [[government]] and CP Air could not fly the same [[Thoroughfare|routes]] that Air Canada flew. So in 1949, the airline started [[international]] flights to [[Australia]], [[China]], [[Fiji]] and [[The Netherlands]]. These were [[countries]] that Air Canada did not [[service (economics)|service]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ge9zrxDGSFkC&dq=canadian+pacific+airlines+netherlands+china+australia&pg=PA117|title=Wings Across Canada|isbn=9781554883790|access-date=14 January 2016|last1=Pigott|first1=Peter|date=October 2002}}</ref> In 1961, it bought its first [[jet aircraft]] - a [[Douglas DC-8]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpair.blogspot.com/2007/03/airline_8573.html|title=CP Air: The Airline|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> By the 1960s CP Air flew to several [[cities]] across 5 [[continent]]s—[[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Europe]], [[North America]] and [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDozgFwt958C&dq=canadian+pacific+airlines+africa&pg=PA130|title=Freedom in the Air|access-date=14 January 2016|last1=Dunson|first1=Josh|year=1965}}</ref> In the early 1980s CP Air was allowed to fly wherever it wanted. It rapidly inc