- $10 for every booking made on
aircanada.com to be donated for Ukraine relief; total donation of up to
$250,000
- Aeroplan members may donate points
- Air Canada's employees and
the Air Canada Foundation have donated $170,000 for Ukraine relief support
- Air Canada Cargo continues transporting humanitarian aid on
behalf of charity partners destined to Europe and Ukraine
MONTREAL, March 22, 2022 /CNW/ - Air Canada today said it
will be donating $10 for every
booking made on aircanada.com to support Ukraine relief aid, with a total donation of
up to $250,000. This $250,000 donation will complement the
$170,000 contribution recently made
by Air Canada's employees and the Air Canada Foundation to the
Canadian Red Cross and other charities, as well as the ongoing
humanitarian aid destined to Poland and Ukraine transported through Air Canada
Cargo.
Additionally, Aeroplan Members may donate Aeroplan points at
Ukrainian Relief Fund, with 100% of points to be redistributed to
various charitable organizations supporting relief efforts for
Ukrainian refugees as well as providing critical aid to those in
need.
Customers may also elect to donate further to the Air Canada
Foundation which will focus donations to registered organizations
in their work supporting the people of Ukraine.
"Together with our employees, our hearts are firmly in
solidarity with Ukraine's people
in need. We will be donating up to $250,000 towards Ukraine relief aid, complementing the
donations made last week by our employees and the Air Canada
Foundation. It is clear the scale of this extraordinary worldwide
crisis requires combined efforts and to collectively enable
additional global humanitarian support, we have made it possible
for Aeroplan Members to donate points towards Ukraine relief. We also remain in close
contact with various stakeholders to determine how Air Canada and
its employees can support Ukrainian people further, including those
coming to Canada," said
Michael Rousseau, President and
Chief Executive Officer at Air Canada.
In addition to Air Canada's initiatives detailed above, its
support for Ukrainian relief aid to date includes:
- Air Canada employees and the
Air Canada Foundation donation of $170,000 to supporting Ukraine relief aid,
- Mar. 9 Air Canada-operated
humanitarian special cargo flight on behalf of Airlink and other
aid partners transport hospital beds, humanitarian and medical
supplies to Warsaw, Poland and
medicines destined for Lviv, Ukraine,
- Ongoing transportation of medical supplies to Europe with final destination of Ukraine,
- Transportation of rapid response teams to scale up operations
in Europe to help arriving
Ukrainian families.
Air Canada and Air Canada Cargo
are able to accept requests for free or discounted transport of
shipments including excess baggage waivers from registered
charitable organizations only. These must be via Air Canada's online application process.
Individuals who wish to contribute supplies or other forms of aid
are requested to work directly with a registered organization.
About Air Canada
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Star Alliance, the world's most
comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada is the only international network
carrier in North America to
receive a Four-Star ranking from the independent U.K. research firm
Skytrax, which in 2021 also named Air Canada as having the Best
Airline Staff in North America,
Best Airline Staff in Canada, Best
Business Class Lounge in North
America, as well as an Excellence award for its handling of
COVID-19. Also in 2021, Air Canada was named Global Traveler's Best
Airline in North America for the
third straight year. In January 2021,
Air Canada received APEX's Diamond Status Certification for the Air
Canada CleanCare+ biosafety program for managing COVID-19, the only
airline in Canada to attain the
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