Air Canada renews partnership with Canada’s Olympics and Paralympic’s teams until 2030

Air Canada has extended its partnership as the official airline for Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic committees for another six years. This commitment is in place until the 2030 Games and aims at ensuring that the athletes continue to receive the airline’s travel support as they compete on the global stage. In addition to going on until the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the partnership also oversaw the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Air Canada as the official airline of Team Canada

“We’re honoured to extend our partnership with the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees as Team Canada’s Official Airline through 2030, including for Paris 2024. We’re looking forward to proudly sharing the very best of Canada with the world as we cheer the nation’s top athletes on to Olympic and Paralympic success,” Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, said in a press release statement.

As part of the partnership, the airline will offer all sorts of features and offers for Team Canada athletes for the Games. This includes:

• Individual Care & Share packages to athletes
• Airport celebrations as athletes depart and return from the Games
• Extending complimentary 35K Aeroplan Elite status

The airline has also announced 10 Team Air Canada athlete ambassadors:

• Luguentz Dort – Basketball (Montreal, Quebec)
• Philip Kim – Breaking (Vancouver, B.C.)
• Pierce LePage – Athletics (Whitby, Ontario)
• Adriana Leon – Soccer (King City, Ontario)
• Josh Liendo – Swimming (Toronto, Ontario)
• Zak Madell – Wheelchair Rugby (Edmonton, Alberta)
• Summer McIntosh – Swimming (Toronto, Ontario)
• Cindy Ouellet – Wheelchair Basketball (Quebec City, Quebec)
• Marissa Papaconstantinou – Para Athletics (Toronto, Ontario)
• Aurélie Rivard – Para Swimming (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec)

There will be a new group of athletes as part of this initiative for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 Games each. Air Canada has been the official airline of the Canadian Olympic Team since 1988 and the Canadian Paralympic Team’s since 2007.