A ribbon-cutting, celebrating the launch of Air Canada's direct daily flight service from St. Louis to Montreal took place at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Thursday morning, in advance of the inaugural flight.

On board was a delegation of thirty St. Louis, business, government and civic leaders on a trade mission to Canada, organized by the World Trade Center St. Louis, a division of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and led by St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page.