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Leblanc, Michel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 19 Apr 2001, 326-335     Exciting times for Canada's airline industry, and how that is so. Change and opportunity. Canada 3000 and Royal offering an alternative to Air Canada. Some details of schedules and services. The demand for such services. The decision to merge Canada 3000 and Royal and later CanJet. Building on the public's ...

Nicolson, David L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1974), 21 Mar 1974, 286-298     A brief description of air travel today, including costs and statistics. Factors affecting changes. How increased costs for airlines will affect fares. Profits and controls. Examples of industry changes from Britain. The formation of British Airways from the merger of BEA and BOAC. Reactions to the changes. A brief description ...

Hees, The Honourable George H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1960), 10 Dec 1959, 138-146     The tremendous increase in passenger traffic over the past ten years and the wide variety of demands it has brought with it. A review of developments over the past ten years, and currently, in terms of equipment, facilities, and service. Some statistics for the terminal at Malton. The complexity of ...

Harris, Hollis L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1994), 7 Oct 1993, 112-120     Mr. Harris speaks as the representative of Air Canada, presenting Air Canada's view on the crisis facing Canada's airline industry at the time of the speech. Issues centre around Air Canada's perceived monopoly, loss of jobs, buyouts by the American airline industry, structural problems of the industry.

Johnson, Philip G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1939), 27 Oct 1938, 69-82     Flying in Canada. Pioneering in this field in Canada all done in the decade that preceded the formation of the Trans-Canada Air Lines. Some history and origins of flying in Canada, and the formation of the Trans-Canada Air Lines. An illustration of how far, or to what extent the aeroplane ...

Ward, Maxwell W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1989), 19 Jan 1989, 194-198     Airline deregulation as the largest single change in the industry since the introduction of the jet aircraft into commercial airline service. The expansion of the productivity of the aircraft operation. A review of the effects of deregulation. Public access to air transport services. Some statistics and figures about airline carriers ...

Eyton, Rhys, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1990), 9 Nov 1989, 98-108     Parallel growth in Toronto, and in aviation. The success of deregulation in the airline industry. Details of the expansion of the industry. Pearson International and Terminal III. A description of the airport, its capacity, the environmental assessment process of pearson. Initiatives that indicate the industry is more sensitive to the ...

Thomas, Sir Miles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 8 Oct 1953, 9-20     The Impact of the Jet in World Aviation as an appropriate topic in the year of celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' achievement. Taking stock of events in recent times and also a look into the future. Progress in aviation in the first half of the present ...

Benson, Kevin, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1998), 23 Oct 1997, 132-140     A few words about the industry, followed by an outline of the restructuring plan, followed by a reconfirmation to a commitment to Toronto. The speaker's second anniversary in the airline industry in three days' time. The industry itself. A number of characteristics that contribute to a captivating and challenging environment. ...

D'Erlanger, Sir Gerard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1960), 3 Mar 1960, 231-241     The way in which air transportation has developed and how it is affecting all our lives, particularly in the Commonwealth and the free world. Some examples. How air transportation is helping to revolutionize communications and understanding and therefore peace, among nations and people. Being on the threshold of the air ...

Bishop, Honourable Air Vice-Marshal W.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1936), 13 Feb 1936, 235-252     The future of aviation in Canada; the present position of the industry. A brief history of aviation, beginning with Canadian John McCurdy's flight at Baddeck, Nova Scotia on February 23, 1909 and the significance of that event. How flying developed during the Great War. The subject of aviation divided into ...

McBrien, Major General J.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 14 Mar 1929, 111-123     The flying age. Some of the salient features of the development of aviation in the British Empire. Acceleration of business due to acceleration of travel. The dependency of our economic and political growth upon transportation. The development of aviation in general. A definition of commercial aviation. The value of a ...

McGregor, Gordon, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1949), 21 Apr 1949, 327-335     International aviation in Canada as a subdivision of the broader subject of civil aviation. Some general remarks first on the broader subject of the rapid development of aircraft and airflight. The Berlin Airlift and what it has taught us about civil aviation and air traffic control. Trans-Canada Air Lines as ...

Pratt, Yves, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1974), 31 Jan 1974, 192-201     Some comments on Canada's transportation industry; its importance to the growth, development and unity of the country. Operation of transportation systems by all levels of the public sector and individuals or business enterprises in the private sector. The issue of financing the public service of transportation. Then, a definition of ...