Canadian Airlines at YVR (1990-1995): Rare Ramp Photos & Memories

Step back into the 1990s at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) with a personal photo archive from my time working on the ramp for Canadian Airlines International! 🇨🇦✈️ Starting on the YVR ramp in April 1991, I captured these original photos of the classic widebody and narrowbody fleet during a defining era in Canadian aviation history. Featured Aircraft in this Video: Boeing 747-400: Tail 881 (named after Wardair founder Max Ward), employee preview event, plus aircraft #882 landing and taxiing on the ramp at YVR McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER: Memories of pushing back from YVR's old Gate 30, flights to Honolulu and Sydney, the 1996 "Employee Signature Plane," and the 1995 Runway 26L incident. Boeing 767-300ER: The transcontinental and European workhorse—featuring my photo that won the cover of the 1994 Canadian Airlines calendar! Boeing 737: The backbone of Canadian's domestic and transborder network. Did you work for or fly with Canadian Airlines, CP Air, Wardair, Pacific Western, or Eastern Provincial back in the day? Share your favorite memories in the comments below! 👇 🔔 Subscribe for more aviation videos and trip reports! 0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - Boeing 747-400 1:50 - DC-10-30ER 3:13 - Boeing 767-300ER 3:34 - Boeing 737