Trans-Canada Air Lines (also known as TCA in English, and Trans-Canada in French) was a Canadian airline that operated as the country's flag carrier,[2] with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.[1] Its first president was Gordon Roy McGregor. Founded in 1937,[3][4] it was renamed Air Canada in 1965.
History
With heavy involvement from C. D. Howe, a senior minister in the Mackenzie King cabinet, TCA was created by the Crown Corporation Canadian National Railway (CNR), and launched its first flight on 1 September 1937, on a flight between