From a grassy runway to a sleek new complex: Calgary's airports over the decades yyc
Here, people are milling about outside the new airport around 1940, as they wait for an act in an air show.
Calgary began lobbying Ottawa to get approval to call McCall Field an international airport, since it was up to the federal government to provide that designation. The first non-stop transatlantic flights were scheduled by Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1961, connecting Calgary to Amsterdam. More European destinations followed the next year. Status was officially granted in 1969.Meanwhile, the air industry in Calgary had exploded.
When the airport opened in 1977, things didn’t go entirely smoothly. A malfunctioning door kept dignitaries locked in a room, delaying the opening ceremonies. A planned landing of the supersonic Concorde didn’t occur on opening day, due to mechanical problems with that plane. The terminal itself, however, was a hit with the public and that terminal remains a core part of the recently expanded airport that we see today.
Pacific Western Airlines merged with Canadian Pacific Airlines and in March 1987 it formed Canadian Airlines, headquartered in Calgary. The move shook the airline industry at the time and newspaper stories quoted industry analysts who said for the first time there was a powerful new competitor for Air Canada. In 1999, Air Canada made a bid to acquire Canadian Airlines and was ultimately successful in this endeavour.
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