LG Electronics (LG) has been named to the Board of Directors of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the Alliance), the leading global organization focused on developing, evolving and promoting universal open standards for the Internet of Things (IoT).

As the global home appliance market leader and a Promoter Member of the Alliance Board of Directors, LG brings a wealth of expertise and experience in smart home and communications technologies to the global organization. The newly appointed Board of Directors members are Don Williams of LG’s Chief Strategy Office and Dr. Sang Kim of LG’s Chief Technology Office.

With its elevated role within the Alliance, LG plans to actively participate in the development and standardization of Matter – the Alliance’s open-source IoT protocol for connecting smart home devices – and lead the expansion of the smart home ecosystem.

“Through our role on the Alliance board, we are demonstrating our full commitment to creating a more connected and convenient future,” said Dr. Kim Byoung-hoon, CTO and executive vice president of LG Electronics. “With the adoption and support of Matter, our growing lineup of smart products, including TVs, home appliances and IoT devices and sensors, will be able to connect to each other – and all compatible solutions – more securely and easily. We will continue to deliver innovative customer experiences and help drive the evolution of the smart home forward.”

Matter, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications standard for smart home technologies, is helping to create an open smart home environment where products from diverse manufacturers can communicate and share data, making compatibility issues a thing of the past.

LG aims to provide support for Matter across its convenience-enhancing smart platforms, including the LG ThinQ smart home platform and app and the award-winning webOS smart TV platform. The adoption of Matter will not only benefit LG customers but also strengthen the overall competitiveness of the company’s innovative home appliances and TV lineups.

“Like the Alliance, at LG, we are committed to evolving and improving the world in which we live,” said LG Senior Vice President of Innovation Dr. Sokwoo Rhee, and head of LG’s North American Innovation Center, LG NOVA. “For us, this means innovative product development focused on delivering a better user experience and improving how we provide service and value in the home and beyond. We look forward to this collaboration and all the opportunities to come.”

“LG brings great energy and market reach to the Alliance, with its wide-range of products to their engineering expertise and connectivity solutions, but what makes the Alliance stronger with LG is its dedication to innovation,” said Tobin Richardson, President, and CEO of the Connectivity Standards Alliance. “We are excited to have LG join our Board to help spur even greater innovation in what’s next with Matter, expanding the value of the Internet of Things to consumer everywhere.”

Composed of more than 500 companies, the Alliance’s global membership collaborates to create open standards for the IoT, transforming the way we live, work and play. With its members’ deep and diverse expertise, robust certification programs and a full suite of open IoT solutions, the Alliance is leading the movement toward a more intuitive, imaginative and useful world.

OPPO has today announced it will partner with UEFA across different UEFA competitions including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Futsal Champions League Finals and UEFA Youth League Finals for the next two seasons.

OPPO will work closely with UEFA to spotlight inspirational moments on and off the pitch, and to help fans witness, hear and share them during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

The UEFA Champions League’s positioning of “the best of the best” aligns with OPPO’s own brand proposition of “Inspiration Ahead” which embodies the brand’s determination in striving for greatness. OPPO will work with UEFA to showcase inspirational moments from the UEFA Champions League to football fans around the world.

William Liu, President of Global Marketing of OPPO, said “We are excited to partner with UEFA and work with them to drive inspiration for football fans during UEFA competitions. At OPPO, we believe in the power of innovation to help us overcome life’s challenges, and this synergy with UEFA’s desire to fight in the face of adversity, makes this a perfect partnership.”

UEFA’s Marketing Director, Guy-Laurent Epstein, added “We are delighted to welcome OPPO to the UEFA sponsor family with the world’s greatest club competition – the UEFA Champions League. OPPO is a global leader in mobile technology and together, we are looking forward to advancing our efforts of connecting and inspiring football fans around the world.”

OPPO has agreed a two-year, multi-competition partnership with UEFA

As part of the partnership, OPPO will enjoy high visibility, appearing on broadcast backdrops and in stadia, including on extensive perimeter advertising, website and social media of the UEFA Champions League. In addition, OPPO will offer football fans the unique opportunity to go pitch-side throughout the UEFA Champions League season and capture key moments with OPPO smartphones. The Inspiration Moments captured during the matches will be shared in an OPPO Gallery on the UEFA Champions League website and OPPO UEFA Champions League landing page.

Also, the partnership will see leading OPPO devices featured, such as its Find and Reno mobile series, with cutting-edge imaging NPU, MariSilicon X, along with new and upcoming OPPO IoT products such as OPPO headphones and an OPPO smartwatch. These products will help inspire football fans around the world as they enjoy a whole new way of experiencing the UEFA Champions League.

This newest sponsorship expands upon OPPO’s existing sporting partnerships and ambitions to inspire and engage consumers through sports. The Chinese technology company is in its fourth year of partnering with Wimbledon and Roland-Garros and is a global partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Partnering with different international sports tournaments, OPPO hopes to show its respect to users in different regions and cultures, and serve the needs of global users.

For more updates on the upcoming events, please visit https://www.oppo.com/en/events/oppo-and-uefa-champions-league-2022/

We’re investing in sustainable, tech-driven ingredients to power our future growth.

Unilever is partnering with San Diego-based biotechnology specialists Geno(Opens in a new window) to jointly invest $120 million (€114 million) in a new venture to commercialise plant-based alternatives to feedstocks like palm oil and fossil fuels that are used to make cleansers for home care, beauty and personal care products.

The venture has huge potential to help power our growth and strengthen our supply chains by creating cost-competitive alternatives and reducing our dependence on a small number of feedstocks that can have high levels of volatility. Geno is already starting to scale up the process for its advanced technology to produce the exclusive ingredient.

Effective, sustainable, resilient

So how does it work? Using cutting-edge biotechnology, Geno has established a fermentation process that uses sugar to convert microorganisms into an ingredient needed to make key cleaning agents called surfactants. These are integral to all cleansing products – across the home, personal care and beauty industries – to help them foam, lather, and lift dirt.

Did you know?

We’ve committed to ensuring a deforestation-free supply chain for palm oil by 2023.

While offering incredibly effective cleansing properties, these ingredients are predominately made using fossil fuels and palm oil with few viable substitutes that can be manufactured at scale. That’s why this initiative could be a game-changer for the combined $625 billion (€594 billion) home, beauty and personal care markets. Better yet, initial estimates have shown it could reduce the carbon footprint of palm-derived ingredients by up to 50%.

As one of the world’s biggest soap and detergent manufacturers, we’re excited to be part of this innovation at an early stage, which marks our biggest collaboration in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil to date. Further strategic investors are expected to join in time.

Marrying science and nature

While palm oil will remain an important feedstock to Unilever, alternative ingredients can play a growing role in diversifying supply chains to offer greater choice alongside sustainability, cost efficiencies and transparency.

This new venture will sit right at the intersection of science and sustainability. 

Richard Slater, Unilever Chief R&D Officer

“Biotechnology has the potential to revolutionise the sourcing of our cleansing ingredients and ensure Unilever is a future-fit business – for consumers, shareholders and the planet we all share,” explains Unilever Chief Research & Development Officer Richard Slater.

“This new venture will sit right at the intersection of science and sustainability, meaning we can continue to grow our business without relying on palm oil or fossil fuel derivatives, while making our supply chains more resilient from having access to alternative ingredients.

Sourcing a diverse range of feedstocks to power our formulations is key to supporting current and future growth. 

Peter ter Kulve, President, Unilever Home Care

“We will be marrying science and nature to make sure there is no trade-off for our consumers between the efficacy and sustainability of their products. We are building this innovative new venture to have the scale to drive real impact and change in our industry, helping to reinvent the chemistry of home and personal care products for the 21st century,” he adds.

“The best supply chains balance resilience and cost effectiveness,” agrees Peter ter Kulve, President of Unilever’s Home Care division.

“A business like ours is highly reliant on a few commodities, such as oil, therefore sourcing a diverse range of feedstocks to power our formulations is key to supporting current and future growth. The power of biotechnology to aid this is something we are particularly excited about. Working together with Geno, we look forward to scaling the next generation of ingredients that do not increase the use of fossil fuels or add further pressure on land use.”

Acting on the climate crisis

Creating new bio-based materials will help us make the planet positive personal care products of the future. 

Fabian Garcia, President, Unilever Personal Care

“We’ve developed technology in response to our planet’s urgent climate crisis and have proven that biotechnology can replace traditional methods to produce ingredients with bio-based sources that deliver both high performance and sustainability,” says Christophe Schilling, CEO of Geno.

“Creating new bio-based materials will help us make the planet positive personal care products of the future,” adds Fabian Garcia, President of Unilever Personal Care.

“Collaborating with scientific partners is essential to accelerating our progress, bringing to market cutting-edge, cost effective and sustainable solutions that our business and consumers will benefit from.”

• Two decades of Bentley in China marked with new Mulliner Bentleys
• Four families of 20 cars each showcase stunning Mulliner designs
• Each family inspired by a different iconic London location
• Mulliner’s designers create unique specifications to reflect unique characters, matched by artisanal handcraftsmanship
• New colours, veneers and bespoke details used for the first time
• ‘The Guard’ Continental GT pays homage to the Royal Guards
• ‘The Carnaby’ Continental GTC celebrates Carnaby Street in Soho
• ‘The Pall Mall’ Flying Spur inspired by the Bentley State Limousine
• ‘The Savile Row’ Bentayga inspired by the world’s most famous tailors
• All 80 V8-powered cars to be sold in China

(Crewe, 15 July 2022) Bentley Mulliner has created a unique collection of new Bentleys to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the British marque’s presence in China. Each of the four special models has been inspired by a famous location in London, where W.O. Bentley founded Bentley Motors in 1919.

Mulliner’s considered design and meticulous handcraftsmanship have been applied to the Continental GT, Continental GTC, Flying Spur and Bentayga to create the four families of cars within the collection, with each one numbered as one of 20 to denote its exclusivity.

The four models – The Guard, The Carnaby, The Pall Mall and The Savile Row – introduce unique designs, embroidery and Mulliner features that characterise the cars and celebrate their iconic London muses. 20 cars in each family are due to be individually handcrafted by Mulliner, and all are destined for Chinese clients.

The Guard

The first car in the collection is The Guard, inspired by the famous Royal Guards who protect the Royal Household. St James Red pearlescent paint with a Beluga roof mimic the red tunic and 18” black bearskin hats worn by the Guards. The bodywork is complemented by 21” ten-spoke wheels, painted black but with a bright machined finish, and a carbon fibre Styling Specification body kit (front splitter, side sill extensions, rear diffuser and boot lid spoiler) also painted in Beluga but finished with a Moonbeam pinstripe. Subtle ‘The Guard’ exterior badges in black, denoting the car as one of 20, adorn the front wings.

Inside the cabin, a bespoke three-tone colour split in Linen, Beluga and Hotspur is completed by Beluga lambswool rugs. Veneers match the leather, being finished in Piano Hotspur over Piano Black, demonstrating Mulliner’s ability to paint wood veneer to match any interior hide or exterior paint hue. Contrast stitching and piping add the final accents of colour.

The gold tunic buttons of the Guards’ uniform are reflected by Gold Organ Stops to control the cabin heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, while the speakers of the Bang & Olufsen sound system are finished in black and gold to match. Headrest embroidery, an overlay to the passenger fascia and bespoke treadplates all carry The Guard graphics.    

The Carnaby

The Convertible model in the collection is The Carnaby, based on Carnaby Street in London’s Soho district. Known for its energetic and lively atmosphere and bright colours, Carnaby Street has inspired an equally vibrant Bentley available in four different colours – Radium, Jetstream II, Orange Flame and Onyx. 22” wheels are black-painted and then finished with a solid white (Arctica) accent, which is matched by an Arctica pinstripe to the Styling Specification body kit. The Carnaby badging is fitted to the front wings.

Inside, bespoke Radium hide accents and matching contrast stitching in both Radium and Silver bring a splash of vibrancy through Beluga leather, along with a colourful diamond motif set into the passenger fascia, that represents the four colours in the family.

The centre console features new dark tint diamond brushed aluminium, while embroidery uses the same diamond motif as the fascia – with the exterior colour shown more boldly in the four-colour design.

The Pall Mall

In 2002, the same year that the first Bentley was sold in China, Bentley delivered a new State Limousine to Her Majesty The Queen, in celebration of her Golden Jubilee. 20 years later, the car is still the official State Limousine of Her Majesty, and often seen on formal and state occasions.

The Pall Mall Flying Spur is a 2022 homage to the State Limousine, featuring bespoke duo-tone Beluga over Claret paint with matching 22” ten-spoke wheels in a claret-painted and bright-machined finish. Exterior bright chromework and a “The Pall Mall” badge to the C-pillar complete the regal exterior.

In the four-seat cabin, a bespoke and unique front-to-rear colour split separates the rear seats from the front, flowing from Imperial Blue in the front to the bespoke hide colour of Baroda Blue (colour-matched to the hide in the State Limousine) for the rear seats. A full length centre console separates the two rear seats. The veneer uses one wood species with two different finishes – Open Pore Burr Walnut over High Gloss Burr Walnut, for a beautiful combination of pattern and texture. The rear doors are finished with Burr Walnut, while the backs of the front seats house picnic tables finished in Piano Baroda Blue.

The finishing touches to the cabin include bespoke micro-piping in Pale Gold, contrasting with seat piping in Imperial Blue. A bespoke crown motif is embroidered to the seats, and the rear seats include loose leather-trimmed cushions. The crown motif is also repeated as a veneer overlay in Gold to the centre rear console, the passenger fascia and the rear door panels.

The Savile Row

The final car in the collection is The Savile Row – a Bentayga that uses the world-renowned home of tailoring as its inspiration. Traditional tailoring materials are given a modern twist, with a design that pays respect to the craftspeople of Savile Row.

Clean Cumbrian Green bodywork is twinned with 22” ten-spoke wheels, Cumbrian Green-painted and with a bright machined finish. Inside, the four seat cabin with rear centre console uses a beautiful bespoke colour split in Cumbrian Green and Portland hides, with carefully selected areas of contrast stitching. Mulliner’s ‘Serenity’ seat quilting to the seats, doors and backboard is complemented by bespoke and exclusive High Gloss Burr Elm veneer on the fascias, centre consoles and door waistrails – the first time this veneer has been used in a modern Bentley.

Embroidery showing a suit and bow tie is stitched to the headrests, while the special model is also denoted by an overlay in the passenger fascia and by bespoke treadplates, along with exterior badging to the D pillar.

Summary

The 80 cars of this special collection will be sold exclusively in China over the coming months, with the first examples due to make their global debut in China shortly. Customer demand for these unique examples of Mulliner’s incredible design and artisanal handcraftsmanship skills is already extremely high.

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Notes to editors

Bentley Motors is the most sought-after luxury car brand in the world. The company’s headquarters in Crewe is home to all of its operations including design, R&D, engineering, Mulliner and production of the company’s five model lines, Continental GT, Continental GT Convertible, Flying Spur, Bentayga and Bentayga EWB. The combination of fine craftsmanship, using skills that have been handed down through generations, alongside engineering expertise and cutting-edge technology is unique to UK luxury car brands such as Bentley. It is also an example of high-value British manufacturing at its best. Bentley employs around 4,000 people at Crewe.

It’s not surprising that informatics healthcare leaders, with their day-to-day lives steeped in data, would be at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics to address healthcare challenges. Indeed, an analysis of responses to Philips’ Future Health Index 2022 – an independent survey of almost 3,000 healthcare leaders across 15 countries – reveals growing trust in AI and predictive analytics among this important group. However, the report also reveals that despite growing trust among informatics leaders, radiology leaders are the true early adopters of advanced analytics technologies. Ever since digital PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) were introduced around 30 years ago, radiology departments have been amassing huge amounts of known-outcome medical imaging data, much of it already quantitative or retrospectively quantifiable. What better data set to train AI and predictive analytics algorithms on.

Almost a third (31%) of the radiology healthcare leaders surveyed stated they had already adopted predictive analytics, compared to the global average for all healthcare leaders surveyed of less than a quarter (24%). In fact, nearly 4 out of 5 (82%) believe predictive analytics can have a positive impact on health outcomes overall, with around three quarters believing it could positively impact population health management (76%) and health equality (76%). In addition to these patient benefits, three-quarters (75%) reported that predictive analytics can also positively impact the healthcare staff experience. Faced with ever-increasing demand to deliver better and faster diagnoses in the face of a world shortage of skilled radiologists, that could be an important benefit in terms of staff retention.

A positive experience but with reservations

As early adopters, radiology healthcare leaders’ initial experience of predictive analytics appears to have been positive. More than three quarters (79%) stated that they trust the technology in clinical settings, with a similar proportion (75%) stating they trust it in operational settings. Like other healthcare leaders, 29% of those surveyed indicated that improved data privacy and security protocols, and better regulation of privacy and security in clinical applications, would increase trust even further. Nearly one-third (31%) expressed a desire to know what goes on ‘inside the box’ in terms of transparency about how insights and recommendations derived from predictive analytics are determined.

The good news is, 76% of radiology leaders surveyed appear to have confidence in the accuracy of their data and in their facility’s ability to extract insights from it (77%).

Chief Business Leader of Precision Diagnosis at Philips

Kees Wesdorp

“The good news is, 76% of radiology leaders surveyed appear to have confidence in the accuracy of their data and in their facility’s ability to extract insights from it (77%). The bad news is, one of the biggest challenges facing radiology leaders appears to be managing the sheer volume of data available to them, with nearly a quarter (24%) citing it as their top data-related issue.” – Kees Wesdorp, Chief Business Leader of Precision Diagnosis at Philips

It’s no surprise then that almost two-thirds (65%) indicated that their staff are overwhelmed by the amount of data available to them, more than leaders in informatics (59%) and cardiology (55%). Other barriers to the optimal use of data included technology infrastructure, staff resistance to technology upgrades, lack of staff knowledge about how to use the data, and data policy and regulations; many of which are common with their peers in informatics and cardiology. When it comes to rectifying these issues, radiology leaders are more likely (35% of those surveyed) than both the global average (27%) and informatics leaders (21%) to cite specialized healthcare management consulting services as one possible solution, suggesting that data utilization in radiology may benefit from specialized consulting services with a health technology company. Other solutions cited were collaborations with academic institutions, health insurance companies, and other hospitals or healthcare facilities.

Driving productivity in the face of increased demand

In terms of their overall priorities, increasing the level of care and driving radiology department efficiency are top of mind. Nearly one-third (30%) of the radiology healthcare leaders surveyed said being at the forefront of care delivery was their top priority, while almost as many (27%) said that driving efficiency within their facility was a priority. Early adoption of predictive analytics to help address these priorities is a clear indication of their belief in digital solutions.

More than half (53%) of radiology leaders surveyed said they are currently investing in AI, with roughly the same proportion currently investing in digital health records (50%) or electronic medical records (EMR), and only a slightly smaller fraction investing in telehealth (48%). The number investing in digital health records (50%) is significantly more than the global average (39%) for all healthcare leaders surveyed, and higher than the figure for informatics healthcare leaders (32%), indicating radiology leaders view the EMR as essential for achieving their goals.

AI appears to be the next logical step. Asked whether they would be investing in these areas in three years’ time, the number planning to invest in digital health records dropped to 31%, yet the number planning to invest in AI jumped from 53% to 75%. 

Retaining staff

When it comes to staff satisfaction and retention, radiology leaders were roughly in line with other healthcare leaders in saying it is one of their main priorities. Almost a third (29%) said it was one of their priorities, the global average for all healthcare leaders surveyed being 30%. They also indicated that improving staff satisfaction and retention is a challenge that’s not going away anytime soon. Around a quarter (24%) thought it would remain one of their top priorities in three years’ time.

Addressing inequalities

As they come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing healthcare inequalities is also a high priority for radiology leaders, with nearly two thirds (63%) indicating they already have or are developing initiatives to solve health inequalities. As mentioned earlier, it’s one of the areas where they believe predictive analytics could play an important role – a view expressed by over three quarters (76%) of the radiology leaders surveyed.

Now in its seventh year, the Future Health Index 2022 report, based on proprietary research from nearly 3,000 respondents conducted across 15 countries, explores how healthcare leaders are harnessing the power of data and digital technology as they look to address their key challenges coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the Future Health Index site for more information on this year’s data and to download a copy of the Future Health Index (FHI) 2022 report: ‘Healthcare hits reset: Priorities shift as healthcare leaders navigate a changed world’.

Philips will present the latest FHI 2022 Global Report results impacting radiologists at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR). Join Philips in the Philips Zone at ECR 2022 (Level 2 Foyer C of the Austria Center), July 13-17, 2022, in Vienna, Austria, and visit Philips at ECR 2022 for more information on Philips’ AI-powered Precision Diagnosis suite of solutions, featuring smart connected imaging systems and integrated radiology workflow solutions, designed to increase diagnostic confidence and clinical outcomes. 

Intel’s board of directors declares a quarterly dividend on company common stock for stockholders of record 

Intel Corporation today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.365 per share ($1.46 per share on an annual basis) on the company’s common stock. The dividend will be payable on Sept. 1, 2022, to stockholders of record on Aug. 7, 2022.

The Air Canada Foundation (the Foundation) hosted its 10^th annual charity golf tournament this week and successfully raised $ 1,087,609 to support charitable organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children and youth in Canada.

“This is a milestone year for the Air Canada Foundation as we celebrate our 10^th anniversary, and the 10^th annual golf tournament, our largest fundraiser of the year. During the past decade, collectively we have helped make a difference improving children’s health and well-being. On behalf of all the children and families the Foundation supports, I wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Air Canada’s partners and others who joined us for this wonderful event,” said Priscille LeBlanc, Chair of the Air Canada Foundation. “The funds raised will allow the Foundation to continue its mission of helping kids spread their wings.”

“Representing the heart of our organization, the work and mission of the Air Canada Foundation reminds us all of the role we can all take to help Canadian families in need. Despite a very challenging two years during the pandemic, I am very grateful that together, we continue our long history of support in our communities. Thank you to the generosity of our supporters, donors and employee volunteers involved in this year’s fundraising golf tournament which enables the Air Canada Foundation to keep making a difference to children and their families,” said Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer at Air Canada.

Held at the Saint-Raphaël Golf Club in Montreal, the event welcomed nearly 300 guests with the support of 100 sponsors and numerous Air Canada retirees and employee volunteers.

A special highlight of this annual tournament is the coveted lemonade stand, manned this year by Air Canada Foundation ambassadors Léa-Jade and Coralie, raising $10,000.

The Foundation also welcomed special guests Gregory Charles, one of Quebec’s most talented artists who performed for the Foundation’s guests, and three-time Olympic gold medallist in women’s hockey, Marie-Philip Poulin.

The Air Canada Foundation today also released its most recent impact report, covering efforts and initiatives throughout 2020 and 2021. Despite the challenges presented over the last two years brought on by the pandemic, the Foundation continued to innovate to provide support to Canadians in need, provided opportunities for employees to give back to their communities, and helped to facilitate donations and humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

The Air Canada Foundation is committed to giving back to children and communities through various programs and partnerships. Since 2012 it has:

• Donated more than $12 million in grants to Canadian-registered charities focused on the health and well-being of children.
• Donated more than 11,000 airline tickets to charitable organizations to support fundraising activities or program development.
• Made possible more than 9,000 flights to make children’s dreams come true.

About the Air Canada Foundation

The Air Canada Foundation, a not-for-profit organization focused on the health and well-being of children and youth, was launched in 2012. It offers both financial and in-kind support to Canadian-registered charities. Core programs include the Hospital Transportation Program, which redistributes Aeroplan points to 15 pediatric hospitals across Canada, enabling sick children to access the medical care they need away from home. The Air Canada Foundation, in collaboration with the airline, also engages directly in fundraising activities, such as the Every Bit Counts program, which encourages Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge customers to donate loose change of all denominations on board flights or through collection containers available in Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounges. The Foundation also offers continued support to major health-related causes that benefit Canadians and is an active participant in international humanitarian relief activity as the need arises. For more information about the Air Canada Foundation, please visit www.aircanada.com/foundation or in Air Canada’s 2020 Corporate Sustainability report available at www.aircanada.com/citizensoftheworld.

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 25^th anniversary 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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