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Zip

Logo: Air Canada Zip, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Low-cost airline of Canada (2002–2004)

Zip was a Canadian discount airline headquartered in Hangar 101 at Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta. It was launched by Air Canada as a no-frills subsidiary in September 2002.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • HeadquartersCalgary1
  • Founded inCalgary1

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Zip Boeing 737-200; C-GCPN, July 2003 (6169024761)
Photo: Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Zip was a Canadian discount airline headquartered in Hangar 101 at Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta. It was launched by Air Canada as a no-frills subsidiary in September 2002.2

Corporate structure

Zip is part of a group headed by Air Canada. 10 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 2004Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2002Founded Founded in Calgary1

Sources

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