from points further west to various places in the Maritimes and Newfoundland. By that time, EPA flew throughout Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island as well as far west as Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. EPA introduced a new colour scheme in the early eighties as well. Gone was the orange, replaced by a more up to date large navy blue "EPA" painted on the side of an all white side with the white gander on a blue background on the tail. Inside the 70s flower print seats were replaced by a more subtle beige with blue and red triangles. The 1980s and deregulation meant dramatic changes for Canadian airlines, including EPA. By 1984, EPA had entered into a strategic alliance with CP Air of Vancouver. CP lacked a Canadian route network east of Montréal and EPA's Atlantic province network complemented CP very well with Toronto and Montréal acting as connecting hubs. Soon afterwards, CP bought EPA and by 1986 EPA was no more as its operations were merged into CP Air. A new corporate personality soon was unveiled for CP with the resurrection of the Canadian Pacific Air Lines name and a modern blue, white and red colour scheme. Canadian Pacific later operated as Canadian Airlines International before being acquired by Air Canada. Fleet Eastern Provincial operated the following aircraft types during its existence: Jet aircraft Boeing 737-200 Turboprop aircraft de Havilland Canada DHC-2T Turbo Beaver (turboprop conversion of the DHC-2 Beaver) Handley Page Dart Herald Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Piston aircraft Beechcraft Baron Consolidated PBY Catalina (PBY Canso) - Amphibian aircraft Curtiss C-46 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-4 (including Aviation Traders Carvair aircraft) Lockheed Model 10 Electra Sikorsky S-55 - Helicopter Destinations in 1982 According to the airline's route map dated April 5, 1982, Eastern Provincial was serving the following destinations with scheduled passenger flights primarily operated with Boeing 737-200 jetliners although some Hawker Siddeley HS 748 turboprop service was also being operated at this time: Charlo, New Brunswick Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Chatham, New Brunswick Churchill Falls, Labrador Deer Lake, Newfoundland Fredericton, New Brunswick Gander, Newfoundland Goose Bay, Labrador Halifax, Nova Scotia Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec Moncton, New Brunswick Montreal, Quebec Saint John, New Brunswick St. John's, Newfoundland Stephenville, Newfoundland Sydney, Nova Scotia Toronto, Ontario Wabush, Labrador Destinations in 1970 According to the airline's Sept. 1, 1970 system