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Air Transat is one of Canada’s greatest aviation success stories. The charter carrier based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, operates scheduled and charter flights, serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. Inc. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and in the winter season the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and Central America. Its main Canadian gateways are Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport. The airline also has operations at Calgary International Airport, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport and others. Air Transat made its inaugural flight on November 14, 1987, travelling from Montreal to Acapulco. Six years later, Air Transat assumed defunct Nationair's maintenance base and aircraft. Today, the company books 3 million passengers a year. Air Transat is ranked third behind Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet as Canada’s largest airline.  Air Transat has 2,100 (2010) employees.  It is the only airline in Canada to operate an all wide-body aircraft fleet, and one of only nine in the world.