MONTREAL, March 8,
2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada, Airlink, Project
C.U.R.E. and GlobalMedic have joined forces to directly help
Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland and those still in Ukraine. A special humanitarian cargo charter
flight, operated by Air Canada onboard a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
aircraft, will transport medical equipment from Airlink and Project
C.U.R.E. including hospital beds, vinyl mattresses and other
humanitarian supplies. GlobalMedic will be sending medical
supplies, trauma dressings and wound care supplies destined for a
hospital in Lviv, Ukraine. The
flight will depart Toronto Pearson for Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday evening,
March 9, 2022.
Media are invited to cover the cargo being loaded.
Representatives from Air Canada, Airlink, Project C.U.R.E. and
GlobalMedic will be available.
Date:
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Where:
Air Canada Cargo Facility at Pearson International Airport
2710 Britannia Road East, Cargo 2
Mississauga, Ontario
When:
6:00 p.m.: Access to
facility
6:30-7:30 p.m.: Interviews
7:30 p.m.: Aircraft loading
begins
8:45 p.m.: Aircraft departs
Toronto Pearson
Who:
Executives from Air Canada, Airlink, Project C.U.R.E. and
GlobalMedic.
RSVP:
media@aircanada.ca
For media participation on-site: as Air Canada's Cargo
Facility at Toronto Pearson is in a Transport Canada secure zone,
accredited media will be provided access under security escort.
Please bring photo ID.
In line with health measures, proof of full vaccination and
face coverings are required. People who have recently received a
positive diagnosis for COVID-19, or are awaiting test results, or
who have been exposed to COVID-19, or are experiencing symptoms as
described on Health Canada's
website, should not attend.
SOURCE Air Canada