Trans Canadian Boeing 777-200LR 2004-2015

Trans Canadian Air System moving into 2004 started off strong with rising passenger numbers after the 9/11 tragedy and the addition of the Boeing 737-800NG to the airlines fleet. They also entered talks with Pan Canadian to merge the two brands siting the similar hubs and destinations the airlines shared as reason to bring the two companies together to strengthen both brands moving forward. After the talks closed the nearly $720 million dollar deal (USD) was slated to go through with the now renamed Trans Canadian brand being used as the new image though internally it was a much different company with a mixture of former TCAS and Pan Canadian leadership and employees. Then TCAS CEO Thomas Rathson said in a statement on the merger. "We think together with our friends at Pan Canadian we can continue to steer both airlines legacies together as one well into the future. I think that without each other both brands would be nothing more than memories in the next years. But as one brand we can strengthen our foothold both in the Domestic and International markets and considering the similar fleet types we can do it seamlessly." And although fairly unknown to the public he was very right as prior to the merger Trans Canadian had been selling parts off of their domestic planes to continue their operations by any means necessary, together the airlines managed to balance the books and continue flying successfully. After the merger was officially completed in early 2005 and the air operator certificates merged they both started operating under the Trans Canadian brand as until the companies were completely integrated they had continued separate operations. On January 5th 2005 the Pan Canadian website officially ceased now only directing customers to the redesigned Trans Canadian website.

Though the 2000's would not be all smooth sailing for the airline as in 2006 one of the Trans Canadian Groups Subsidiaries Trans Canadian Engineering would be forced to cease operations after they faced mismanagement allegations due to the crash of a West Canadian Airlines 757 in Colorado showed that the company had been denying important maintenance and the TCE facility would continue to give the aircraft their stamp of approval knowing that the aircraft were not fit for commercial service. This would lead to the closure of TCE leaving the Trans Canadian Group without in house maintenance for their vast fleet of aircraft. This would later be solved with the airline re-opening under a new subsidiary CANRepair which would now exclusively work on the Trans Canadian Group Aircraft.

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