MONTREAL, June 1, 2022
/CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada won five honours in a series of awards
for excellence in leisure and lifestyle travel, and the best of
family travel. The carrier was voted by readers of FXExpress
Publications' well-regarded travel magazine, Global Traveler
and its sister publication WhereverFamily for the following
accolades:
Leisure Lifestyle Awards
- Best Airline for Onboard Entertainment for the fourth
consecutive year
- Best Premium Economy Class for the fourth consecutive year
- Best Airline for Onboard Menu – Air Canada Business Class
Family Travel Awards
- Best Family-Friendly Airline in North
America for the fourth consecutive year
- Best Family Friendly International Airline for the third
consecutive year
"We are thrilled the readers of Global Traveler and
WhereverFamily have once again voted Air Canada's products
and services as best in class. We take this recognition to heart,
especially because the voters are experienced, frequent travellers
who are well positioned to evaluate the airline industry. We thank
them for their confidence in us and couldn't have done it without
the dedication of our employees," said Scott O'Leary, Vice President, Loyalty and
Product at Air Canada.
"There is a great deal of crossover between when one travels for
business and when they travel for leisure or with their family on
holiday. Service is not just for executives, as these same
travelers can quickly be flying with their family or on their way
to a laid-back beach vacation. Air Canada hits on all the valuable points for any
and all types of travelers and our readers have certainly
recognized its care for all," said Francis
X. Gallagher, publisher and CEO, FXExpress Publications,
Inc.
Global Traveler and whereverfamily.com conducted
surveys of their readers Dec. 14,
2021–April 14, 2022, with open-ended questions for the best in many
categories of leisure and family travel. The surveys ran in the
magazine, as inserts to subscriber copies, as direct mail
questionnaires, online and via email. Only those questionnaires
where more than 50 per cent of the questions were completed were
counted.
These Global Traveler and WhereverFamily awards
are the latest in a number of awards affirming Air Canada's
accomplishments in key aspects of its business including people,
product and employee engagement. Other major awards and
recognitions recently received by Air Canada include:
- The most current Skytrax World Airline Awards including
for:
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- Skytrax Best Airline Staff in North
America
- Skytrax Best Airline Staff in Canada
- Skytrax Best Business Class Lounge in North America
- Skytrax COVID-19 Airline Excellence
- Remains the only Skytrax Four-star international network
carrier in North America
- Travel Pulse Canada's 2022 Readers' Choice awards for Best
Traditional Airline of the Year, Best Safety Protocols and Best
Trade Communications during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Montreal Top Employers for nine consecutive years and one of
Canada's Best Employers for 2022
(Mediacorp).
- Air Canada was selected among
the top companies within the 2021 Achievers 50 Most Engaged
Workplaces® Awards, which celebrates the top 50 employers that make
engagement, alignment and recognition central to the employee
experience. This latest award followed the airline being recently
named as one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces for the fifth
consecutive year for its commitment to employee engagement.
- Inaugural recipient of the Roberta Bondar Foundation's 2022
Award for Innovation and Creativity for its Protection of the
Environment.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag
carrier and a founding member of Star
Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation
network celebrating its 25thanniversary in 2022. Air
Canada provides scheduled
passenger service directly to 51 airports in Canada, 51 in the
United States and 86 internationally. It is the only
international network carrier in North
America to receive a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax, which
in 2021 gave Air Canada awards for the Best Airline Staff in
North America, Best Airline Staff
in Canada, Best Business Class
Lounge in North America, and an
excellence award for managing COVID-19. Through its leading
travel loyalty Aeroplan program, Air Canada offers the ability to
earn or redeem points on the world's largest airline partner
network of 45 airlines, plus through an extensive range of
merchandise, hotel and car rental rewards. Its freight division,
Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to
hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada's
passenger flights and cargo-only flights with its fleet of Boeing
767-300 freighters. Air Canada has
committed to a net zero emissions goal from all global operations
by 2050.
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