Between 1930 and 1941 the Canadian Pacific acquired several small air services, chiefly in the northern and western areas of Canada. In 1942 Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPAL) was formed to co-ordinate these services. Today the Canadian Pacific operates 10,723 miles of domestic routes and 20,676 miles of international routes. CPAL service to Sydney was started on the 10th July 1949, to Hong Kong on the 18th September 1949, and to Lima on the 24th October 1953.

This consists of Douglas DC 3s (15), DC 4s (4), DC 6Bs (6), Convair 240fs (5), and Cansos (2). Norsemen are also used where there are no airfields.

From Vancouver the Canadian Pacific Empresses of the Air DC 6Bs cross the Pacific to Sydney, Australia, and Auckland New Zealand, 8,400 miles away via Honolulu, and Fiji. Another service operates from Hong Kong via Tokyo and the Aleutian's to Vancouver and then continues on to Lima via Mexico City, 12,000 miles. The International Dateline is crossed by both of these services.

Canadian Pacific fly closer to the Pole than any other airline. Branching out from Edmonton are the many lines which serve the radium country of Great Bear Lake, the oil fields at Norman Wells, the farming country of the Peace River, and the gold fields of Lake Athabasca, Yellowknife, and Great Slave Lake. The route from Edmonton to Aklavik, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, is 1,540 miles, the longest in domestic service. The new uranium centre of Beaverlodge is now a point of call en route to Yellowknife from Edmonton.

From Vancouver CPAL routes fan northward to Queen Charlotte Islands and Prince Rupert on the coast, to Fort St. John, connecting with another route from Edmonton, and onto Whitehorse, Dawson City, and Fairbanks. Eastward from Vancouver a route to Calgary serves the Okanagan Valley and Kootenay district of British Columbia.

In Saskatchewan, there is a passenger run from Regina to Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Loydminster, and Edmonton. Out of Winnipeg CPAL has a daily service from The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba's sea port on Hudsons Bay.

In eastern Canada, Canadian Pacific air services are centered on Montreal. Several trips are made daily between Montreal and Quebec City, and the industrial and resort centres of Lake St. John, Saguenay, and the north shore of the St. Lawrence are covered. The route leaving Montreal for the North has been extended recently, and travellers now call at Val d'0r, Rouyn-Noranda, Earlton, and thence to Toronto. This new route is proving a most important factor in the development of this rich mining area.

In 1953 the Canadian Pacific Airlines carried more than 2 million pounds of airmail and more than 7 million pounds of freight. They also carried more than 200,000 passengers and flew over 9 million miles to do this job.

January 1955