Worldways Canada
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| IATA code : | Flat share |
| ICAO code : | WWC |
| Call sign : | WORLDWAYS CANADA |
| Founding: | 1974 |
| Operation stopped: | 1990 |
| Seat: | Mississauga |
| Home airport : | Toronto Airport |
| Number of employees: | 850 (1990) |
| Fleet size: | 5 |
| Aims: | international |
| Worldways Canada ceased operations in 1990. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Worldways Canada was a Canadian charter airline that ceased operations in 1990.
history
Worldways Canada was founded in 1974 by Roy T. Moore under the name Worldways Airlines to operate international freight transport and business travel. Flight operations began in the same year with a Douglas DC-4 freighter . Business aircraft type Learjet 25 supplemented the fleet from the beginning of the 1975th In the following year the company acquired its first Convair 640 , which offered charter flights for sports clubs and tour groups.
After being renamed Worldways Canada , the company started tourist charter flights to Europe in June 1981 with three Boeing 707 aircraft. These aircraft were replaced in 1983 by four Douglas DC-8s from CP Air's inventory . In the same year, the company acquired a Lockheed L-100 Hercules freighter to operate on behalf of Echo Bay Mines . After Worldways Canada more tour operators could as a customer, also were from June 1985 wide-body aircraft type Lockheed L-1011 TriStar on charter flights to the USA, Caribbean and to Central America and Europe used. In addition, in 1986 the company carried out weekly contract flights for the Canadian Ministry of Defense between the Canadian Forces Base Trenton and Lahr Airport , where the European headquarters of the Canadian NATO forces was located.
Worldways Canada was Canada's fourth largest airline in the late 1980s. Newly founded charter airlines such as Air Transat or Canada 3000 , some of which had more modern aircraft, put the company under increasing competitive pressure. In addition, the company lacked a suitable type of aircraft to be able to operate economically on routes on which the existing Douglas DC-8 and Lockheed L-1011 had proven to be too big. To fill this void, the company acquired three Boeing 727-100s from TAP Air Portugal in 1989 . In the course of 1990, the prices of kerosene rose sharply and made the company's flights increasingly unprofitable. Due to the high operating costs and creditors' claims of 57 million Canadian dollars, Worldways Canada ceased operations on October 11, 1990. The company filed for bankruptcy in early 1991 .
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
At the time of the cessation of operations, the Worldways Canada fleet consisted of two Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and three Boeing 727-100.
Previously deployed aircraft
- Boeing 707-300C
- Convair 640
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-8-63
- Learjet 25B
- Lockheed L-100-20
- Lockheed L-1011-1, Lockheed L-1011-50 and Lockheed L-1011-100
In addition, the following were used in-house:
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aero, year 1988, issue 234
- ↑ JP airline fleets, expenditures in 1974, 1975 and 1976
- ↑ Flight International, June 4, 1983, p. 1645 [1]
- ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 84
- ↑ Flight International, June 26, 1988, p. 126 [2]
- ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 90/91
- ↑ Flight International, October 30, 1990, p. 6 [3]
- ↑ jp airline-fleets international, Edition 91/92
- ↑ jp airline-fleets international, various years
