Canada West Airlines was an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Canada

Canada

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. It ceased operations in 2004.

History

The airline was established in 2002 and planned to offer charter services. It was hoping to begin services with two premium-configured Boeing 757

Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...

 aircraft, offering full service flights from Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver

Vancouver

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to European and sunspot destinations. The start of the Iraq War, the steep rise in oil prices, the SARS epidemic and the poor investment climate for airline projects all contributed to a decision to revamp the original Canada West business model. The founders continue to pursue the start up venture and have recently secured funding to continue the project (2006).