Air Transat
IATA TS	ICAO TSC	Callsign Transat
Founded		1986
Hubs		Toronto Pearson International Airport Montréal-P. E. Trudeau Int'l Airport Vancouver International Airport Halifax International Airport Québec/Jean Lesage Int'l Airport
Fleet Size		14
Destinations		90
Parent Company		Transat A.T. Inc.
Headquarters		Montreal, Quebec
Key People		Jean-Marc Eustache (Chairman & CEO), François Laurin(CFO)
Website		www.airtransat.com

Air Transat is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and domestic flights within Canada and in the winter season the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and South America. It is the designated carrier between Canada and Cuba. Its main bases are Toronto Pearson International Airport, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and Vancouver International Airport, with hubs at Halifax International Airport and Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport. IATA Airline Designators are two-letter codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines. ... ICAO Airline Codes are three-letter codes assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to the worlds airlines. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An Airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal-Trudeau for short, is an international airport serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada. ... Vancouver International Airport is located about 15 kilometres driving distance from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Sea Island in Richmond. ... Halifax International Airport is an airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia, and serves Halifax and central Nova Scotia as well as nearby areas of the Maritime provinces. ... Jean Lesage International Airport is located in Sainte-Foy, a borough of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ... Main article: History of Montreal Algonquin, Huron, and Iroquois have inhabited the Montreal area for some eight thousand years. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... CFO is usually short for Chief Financial Officer, but may also mean: Carrier frequency offset Ceramic fiber optics Chief Fire Officer Chief of Flight Operations Conselho Federal de Odontologia (cfo. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Main article: History of Montreal Algonquin, Huron, and Iroquois have inhabited the Montreal area for some eight thousand years. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal-Trudeau for short, is an international airport serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada. ... Vancouver International Airport is located about 15 kilometres driving distance from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Sea Island in Richmond. ... Halifax International Airport is an airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia, and serves Halifax and central Nova Scotia as well as nearby areas of the Maritime provinces. ... Jean Lesage International Airport is located in Sainte-Foy, a borough of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ...

History

Air Transat was founded by former Quebecair employees in December 1986 as an off-shoot of Trafic Voyages. It made its inaugural flight on November 14, 1987, travelling from Montreal to Acapulco. Six years later, Air Transat assumed defunct Nationair's maintenance base and aircraft. Today, the company books 2.5 million passengers a year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transat A.T. Inc., specializing in organizing, marketing, and distributing vacation travel and packages. The organization comprises tour operators based in Canada and France. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main article: History of Montreal Algonquin, Huron, and Iroquois have inhabited the Montreal area for some eight thousand years. ... Acapulco, also known as Acapulco de Juárez, is a city and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 190 miles S.S.W. of Mexico City, at 16. ...

Incidents and Accidents

• On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236, flying from Toronto to Lisbon, had to land in the Azores after running out of fuel.

• On March 6, 2005, on an Air Transat flight from Cuba to Quebec, using an Airbus A310-300 with 9 crew and 261 passengers on board, most of the rudder separated during the cruise. The crew were aware something was wrong and returned to Varadero, Cuba, where they made a safe landing. The reason for the rudder structural failure is still under investigation. It has been established that no unusual rudder inputs had been used by the crew during the flight, they were not manipulating the rudder when it failed and there was no obvious fault in the rudder or yaw-damper system (ref: Flight International, July 2005).

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Services

Air Transat specializes in charter flights from several Canadian and European cities to vacation destinations, mainly in the south during the winter months and in Europe during the summer. It also operates scheduled services as follows (as of January 2005): Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Same_sex marriage in Canada) • Tsunami relief Deaths in February • 4 – Ossie Davis • 3 – Ernst Mayr • 3 – Zurab Zhvania • 2 – Max Schmeling Recent deaths Ongoing armed conflicts • Arab-Israeli conflict • Conflict in Chechnya • Second Congo War • Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq) • Darfur...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Montreal, Quebec and Toronto.

• International scheduled destinations: Fort Lauderdale, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Nantes, Orlando and Paris.

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Fleet

The Air Transat fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2005): 2005 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

• 10 Airbus A310-300
• 3 Airbus A330-200
• 1 Airbus A330-300

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External Links

• Air Transat Fleet Detail
• Air Transat Passenger Opinions