Air Canada today (23 March 2022) 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.
Aeroplan Members can can also donate Aeroplan points at Ukrainian Relief Fund, with 100% of points to be redistributed to various charitable organisations 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. It is clear the scale of this extraordinary worldwide crisis requires combined efforts 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.
Air Canada’s 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,
- 9th March 2022, 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 organisations only. These must be via Air Canada’s online application process.
