Pacific Western Airlines
Pacific Western Airlines Ltd (IATA: PW, ICAO: PWA, Call sign: Pacific Western) was an airline that operated scheduled flights throughout western Canada and charter services around the world from the 1950s through the 1980s.
It was headquartered at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, until 1975, when the head office was moved to Calgary, Alberta.
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