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Air Canada ticket counter at Toronto International Airport is crowded with people seeking information as flights were cancelled when ground crews bega(...)
Air Canada ticket counter at Toronto International Airport is crowded with people seeking information as flights were cancelled when ground crews bega(...)

Air Canada ticket counter at Toronto International Airport is crowded with people seeking information as flights were cancelled when ground crews bega(...)

Date7/13/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Air Canada ticket counter at Toronto International Airport is crowded with people seeking information as flights were cancelled when ground crews began a 24-hour strike last night. From 3,000 to 4,000 passengers were stranded, many of them on their way to Montreal for tarns-flights and long-awaited holiday trips.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0003241F
    Free Flights to Italy: Hundred of anxious people lined ticket counters of Alitalia at Toronto International Airport during weekend to seek available seats on flights to Italy
    Free Flights to Italy: Hundred of anxious people lined ticket counters of Alitalia at Toronto International Airport during weekend to seek available seats on flights to Italy
    Slaughter, Mike
    5/9/1976
    Colin cripps, head of Charter Flight information service, stands at the Toronto airport wher he's helpd many people on charter flights, because govrnment are overlooking abuse of regulations.
    Colin cripps, head of Charter Flight information service, stands at the Toronto airport wher he's helpd many people on charter flights, because govrnment are overlooking abuse of regulations.
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    7/14/1971
    Airport Firemen walked out at noon today and shut down about half of air CAnada's normal daily flights at Toronto International Airport. Tom Stoyanoff(...)
    Airport Firemen walked out at noon today and shut down about half of air CAnada's normal daily flights at Toronto International Airport. Tom Stoyanoff(...)
    Goode, Jeff
    4/18/1974
    Waiting game: Bored would-be passengers bide their time at Pearson airport yesterday as bad weather across North America delayed or cancelled flights
    Waiting game: Bored would-be passengers bide their time at Pearson airport yesterday as bad weather across North America delayed or cancelled flights
    Stuparyk, Michael
    2/16/1990
    Waiting in terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport for their flights to be called last night, air Canada passengers sing carols, accompanied by We(...)
    Waiting in terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport for their flights to be called last night, air Canada passengers sing carols, accompanied by We(...)
    Norris, Dave
    12/23/1974
    Air Canada service workers, who staged a wildcat strike yesterday that disrupted flights by the airline out of Toronto International Airport, are addr(...)
    Air Canada service workers, who staged a wildcat strike yesterday that disrupted flights by the airline out of Toronto International Airport, are addr(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    4/16/1973
    One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
    One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    9/4/1978
    Stranded passengers whose charter flight to Belfast, Ireland, was suddenly cancelled yesterday gather inside Toronto International Airport terminal to(...)
    Stranded passengers whose charter flight to Belfast, Ireland, was suddenly cancelled yesterday gather inside Toronto International Airport terminal to(...)
    Norris, Dave
    8/2/1971
    The last flight for Canairelief ended last night when an old Super Constellation touched down at Downsview Airport carrying home flight crew, ground s(...)
    The last flight for Canairelief ended last night when an old Super Constellation touched down at Downsview Airport carrying home flight crew, ground s(...)
    Dutton, Don
    1/29/1970
    Waste removal: A Disposal services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson International Airport's Terminal One
    Waste removal: A Disposal services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson International Airport's Terminal One
    Stuparyk, Michael
    8/23/1988
    Studetns from Nova Scotia spread out as they await flights at jam-packed Pearson International Airport yesterday
    Studetns from Nova Scotia spread out as they await flights at jam-packed Pearson International Airport yesterday
    McConnell, Colin
    3/9/1990
    Waste removal: A Disposal Services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson international Airport's Terminal One
    Waste removal: A Disposal Services truck collects and hauls garbage from overseas flights arriving at Pearson international Airport's Terminal One
    Stuparyk, Michael
    8/23/1988