Talk:Air Canada Tango

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Origin of the name

As "tan and go" sounds pretty good to name that airline, it is not exactly that. I've read Robert Milton's book "Straight From the Top" and he said something about having a choice between 3 names. I believe it was Tango, Bravo and I think Orange. He mentionned that Orange reminded him of orange juice, and that Bravo was already taken by some other airline in Europe. That is why he choose Tango.

I recall reading somewhere that Tango was conceived as a vehicle to run Canada 3000 out of business, but that overly aggressive expansion and 9/11 did them in first. Similarly, Zip was intended to be a Westjet killer. I'll try to see if I can find a citation for this -- I think it would be a useful addition to the article if so.--Plane nutz (talk) 17:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The 'tan and go' naming doesn't gel with my recollection either. Air Canada (i.e. Robert Milton) continually used musically themed names for many of their 'ventures'. Tango was the airline within an airline (and existed as a fare class for years.) Jazz (Aviation) is the holding company created to combine AC's regional affiliates. Other musically themed names were probably floated for other 'ventures' such as the Aeroplan holding company (which became Aimia) and the maintenance company (Aveos). 184.65.106.100 (talk) 20:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]