10,000th CARGO FLIGHT SINCE PANDEMIC

A major milestone was achieved by Air Canada on July 5th, 2021 which marked 10,000th cargo-only flights since March 2020. Air Canada, among very few, understood the degree of seriousness caused by the outbreak and wasted no time to capitalise on operating cargo-only flights, reconfiguring the passenger cabins and implementing both scheduled and on-demand cargo-only flights to keep the economy afloat and the supply chain moving. Almost 60% of air cargo disappeared globally overnight once the pandemic hit. Air Canada became the first airline in the world to reconfigured their widebody passenger aircrafts & removed the seats in cabin to allow for light freight. Since then, the carrier has converted a total of 11 aircraft, a mix of Boeing 777s and A330-300s. As per the Jason Berry (Vice President, Air Canada), Cross functional teams had a major role to play in this achievement. Proving to be resilient and adaptive in a critical economy was the real achievement of Air Canada.

Summary by Tejaswi Khanna

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