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Airline Ambassadors leverage contacts with the airline industry to provide medical escorts for children, hand deliver humanitarian assistance to children and educate and advocate for human trafficking awareness in the travel industry

Airlink is a global humanitarian organization delivering critical aid to communities in crisis by providing airlift and logistical solutions to nonprofit partners, changing the way the humanitarian community responds to disasters around the world. Our funding comes from donations and in-kind awards from airlines, aviation sector businesses, foundations, and individuals. We build long-term relationships with airlines, who provide Airlink with access to airlift to harness the power and speed of aviation to deliver humanitarian aid and responders in the wake of natural or man-made disasters. Airlink ensures the right aid gets to communities in need at the right time.

Through donations HOPE AIR purchases flights on commerical airlines, utilizes donated seats from most of Canada's airlines and also arranges flights on private planes. All to ensure that those in need can get to medical appointments and treatments that are far from home. Hope Air has arranged over 74,000 flights for children, seniors and families from hundreds of communities across Canada. Run by a small staff, Hope Air receives enormous volunteer support and is recognized as one of Canada's most cost-efficient charities.

Angel Flight West delivers health and hope using donated flights to serve those with healthcare or other compelling human needs. In the air, Angel Flight West links volunteer pilots and commercial airlines with people whose non-emergency health needs require air transportation to access care. On the ground, volunteer drivers ferry passengers to and from their departure and destination airports.

SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: Donations of cash, airline tickets and Aeroplan Miles are provided to registered Canadian charities that work with children. SUPPORT OF OTHER HEALTH RELATED CAUSES:On an ad hoc basis, the Air Canada Foundation provides support to eligible charities for fundraising purposes. HOSPITAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: This program benefits 15 pediatric hospitals across Canada through the donation of Aeroplan Miles used to transport children and a parent to centers offering medical treatment unavailable in their community. To donate your Aeroplan Miles and help sick children, visit aircanada.com/foundation. EVERY BIT COUNTS: Air Canada collects small change of any currency on its flights, in large decorative canisters in airports and Maple Leaf Lounges. Funds collected are donated to organizations supported by the Foundation. The Foundation actively participates in humanitarian relief activity following natural disasters.