Wardair Canada was a privately run Canadian airline, founded in 1953 under the name Wardair Ltd, before formally changing its name to “Wardair Canada” in 1976. Wardair provided domestic services, as well as international services. The airline was acquired by and folded into Canadian Airlines in 1989.
Wardair had its roots in the air charter business. From a modest start with small biplanes as a passenger and cargo charter company, the airline expanded into the more populous regions of Canada and turned into a holiday charter airline, from 1962 onwards. The airline changed from charter to scheduled service in 1986. Rapid expansion, problems with their computer booking system, and failure to attract business customers, who had developed customer loyalty to frequent flier programs on competing airlines, led the airline into financial difficulties, ultimately resulting in the sale to Canadian Airlines in 1989.
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