Air Canada: Gift of Home for the Holidays
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- This holiday season, Air Canada wanted to give Canadians living abroad one of the best gifts imaginable. Their reactions were pure magic. Follow their stories at #ACgiftofhome
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Starting flight school in September. Hoping to be an Air Canada pilot in the future.
I'm a WestJetter and I'm so happy to see this. It's not always about competing with each other - way to step up AC and create a little magic of your own. I love it!
So Proud my Partner was part of the Team with Air Canada Crew that was able to fly over and do this for everyone in that Maple Leaf Pub. Was an Amazing experience for him and all the rest of them to participate.
I believe AC was actually the first Canadian air carrier to do this "Christmas miracle" type thing a few years back when they gave everyone on a flight Apple electronics. Of course no one will remember that just because it wasn't WestJet's promotion. AC will most likely always be the superior of the two in my books - more destinations, more flight options, etc. I also believe that giving someone a chance to go home for the holidays to spend with family and friends is much more personal than giving people (who clearly have some disposable income, for they can afford to fly) materialistic items. Good job Air Canada!
Signed: a loyal Air Canada employee...
Indeed signed a Loyal AC employee. Or someone who has never flown on AC. AC shits the bed on a astoundingly regular basis. Whether it is lost luggage, late flights, broken planes, and now lately crashing planes with propellers and just yesterday screw flying through the window. Customer Service motto is we are not happy until our unionized employees are certain you are unhappy. Favourite past time of AC flight attendant is ramming the cart into peoples legs and arms, yet this has never happened to me on West Jet, Luftansa, Alaska, or Delta where they take care not to injure their customers. I love reading AC magazine, where they vote themselves the best Airline in North America, not sure if that is worth bragging rights, nor do I believe it. In closing, West Jet did not give materialistic things to people with disposable income this year, they gave a town in the Dominican Republic gifts, including snow, and a playground for the children. West Jet 3 AC 0
Bri Hwood
Air Canada is named the Best Airline in North America at the 2014 World Airline Awards held at Farnborough Airshow, look up the SkyTracks results.
Laughing hysterically at your criticism of WestJet giving to people "who clearly have some disposable income, for they can afford to fly". Did you notice the folks in this AC video are all Canadians living abroad in London, England (not a cheap city). I would take people living abroad in London, England as more of an indication of wealth than people who can afford to fly. Also you should compare apples to apples. You're comparing WestJet's video from LAST year with AC's from THIS year. This year WestJet has a video where they gave to impoverished families in the Dominican Republic.
Bri Hwood All of what you have just stated is essentially incorrect. Here's the absolute truth, based on North American aviation statistics: WestJet and its express carrier have approximately a 70% to 75% on time performance, and that's within a 15 minute buffer zone they give themselves after the estimated time of depature. Air Canada and its express carriers is at about 85% to 90%, without that cushy buffer zone. Approximately 2.3 for every 1000 AC passengers arrive at their destination without their luggage. They will usually expedite the luggage to you within a day or two. That's not such a bad statistic, hey? So, whoever is telling you "AC has lost my luggage 5 times" is either a) not telling the whole truth or b) one unlucky SOB. There have been no "crashes" in recent history on AC. Incidents, however, do happen, and they happen quite often. They even happen on WJ :O. Shocking, I know. These highly intricate machines are not perfect, and just like vehicles, they sometimes malfunction. It's not the airline's fault, it's just the nature of existence. AC is definitely not the best airline in the world, it just can't compete with the top Asian carriers. However, as stated previous, it has been named #1 in North America, which is pretty damn good. WJ is for sure not a bad airline, but if you're a business traveller who needs more flight options or a world traveller, I'd say AC is the better choice. For less experienced travellers who rarely use air travel, fill your boots with WJ. P.S. Maybe keep your legs out of the aisle next time. This also may help to avoid the tripping of other passengers.
Now that's the true Canadian spirit. Way to go Air Canada!!!
Okay...I cried.... I love you Air Canada!!! It was my pleasure and my privilege to have worked for you for 27 years. This was just like the " Air Canada Family " of old...... Wonderful.......
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Everyone loves to hate on Air Canada, but Im not sure why...have flown around the world with them on a number of occasions and thd service was always great...there is a reason the consistently win best airline in NA...
Canadians used to be optimistic.
Its because of all their domestic garbage, travelling air canada in canada is such a different story. AC express is bullshit, expensive as travelling to asia, terrible experience all around with awful service.
Bravo Air Canada! You are a fine airline and represent our country well everywhere in the world you travel!
This commercial is so heartwarming. Really one of the best companies to work for.
Nicely done Air Canada. Congratulations!
It is so heart warming to see there are still some wonderful companies out there who, instead of looking only to make the almighty dollar, open their hearts to bless others with goodwill and generosity. Good on you, Air Canada, you made this Aussie woman get all teary. (But I am not at all surprised after spending three weeks in BC, Alberta and the Yukon in June this year and realising they are the most polite and caring people on earth.) Standing and applauding here across the Pacific Ocean!
That's crazy I am the first like, especially considering you wrote that eight years ago. Wow. Hopefully, you've received a lot more likes in the near future. As a Canadian, I'm sorry it took us so long for you to get a response. Speaking for myself, and likely many other fellow Canadians, thank you for your kind comments. Aussie's are pretty cool too : )
This is why I believe you guys are the best airline! 🇨🇦
How sweet from them and You all have a great holiday in Canada.....
Love my country. LOVE YOU CANADA! Always bringing happiness to others.
What a gesture, that is what Christmas is about! Congratulations Air Canada and Merry Christmas to all!!
Proud Canadian!
Soo proud to be Canadien.
Way to go! Nice to see Air Canada giving back. As a flight attendant for many years I would have loved to be able to do this for people all year long! xoxo
Nothing like TH-cam comments to erase the warm glow of heartfelt giving.
#Yay for #AirCanada anyways.
That is awesome. Canada truly is a great country. My hats off to Air Canada. Your airline truly loves its home country and its fellow Canadians.
Awww.... how nice of Air Canada to do that for expats in London, England. Too bad they couldn't see it in their heart to treat Canadians in Northern Canada the same way.... it actually costs more for a flight from work in Northern BC to home in Toronto than it costs one of those Canadians in London to fly back to Toronto. But hey! Kudos to an awesome commercial for expats....
As an air canada employee i have seen only below the wing for far too long ,but to see what goes above the wing and how we share the the same space,it warms my heart. Thank you Air Canada!
I have been to Canada many times as a tourist, I found the people welcoming wherever I went, ok Quebec was different I don't speak French! I have also been in the tunnels at Vimy Ridge France, its a very moving place and worth going to.Canada stood by us during 2 world wars and still does, a good friend of the UK.
+loosewheels1000 I don't want to sound like a dick but you say Québec was different as if you did not get a warm welcome because we are french BUT you went to France and that was all right? I fail to understand your logic here...
Jean Philippe, sure I got a warm welcome in Quebec, it was different, the buildings were different to anything I had seen in Canada, in the French style, narrow roads in Quebec town, it certainly was not meant to be a criticism of your province , I do go to France a lot, and had many happy times over there, from Nice in the south to Calais in the North, and it always exciting to drive on the 'other' side of the road.
I emigrated to Canada 6 years ago from the Uk .I miss parts of home but Canada has/is a wonderful place for my family & I , leave the hate to the haters....
Best Christmas advert ever, well done all involved, bet this changed a few people's life's.
"What's one thing you miss about Canada?"
"The Habs!"
I would too man I would too😂 #gohabsgo
I Iove Canadians
Thanks Air Canada for sending my brother and his wife home for Christmas in Canada!
I love the Canadians............ and the Brits.
Tulsatom Bob agree
Well played AC, well played.
That's really, really beautiful
Great Job Air Canada ! That's how you spread holiday spirit 👍
Way to go Air Canada!
This is amazing. I love my home here on Canada and I love my fellow Canadians!!
If it's real! Very generous FOR CHRISTMAS!!!! Merry
Well well Air Canada - looks good on you!!!! West Jet is an inspiration and I'm glad you caught some of it!!!!!!
Great job Air Canada! Merry Christmas.
I think it is a great video, it made those people happy to be able to go back see their friends and family. That's what's important. West jet made a fantastic job too. And Air Transat with the cuban taxi driver in Toronto that gave free trips to Cuba, I think it was quite nice too.
I wish they'd do this in Boston!
Amazing work AC. Ringing a bell in a pub and not buying everyone a round but instead... providing them with a gift worth at least 500 pints of bitter ;)
I'd love to be the recipient of return tickets although sadly all of my family have passed away since we emigrated to the UK...I do have a niece and her family still there...some cherished friends too. Air Canada....you rock :)
Awesome!
Excellent share Matt!! Thank You!!
Congratulations, wonderful attitude.
Talk about client binding! nice one Air Canada!
Just remembered Superwoman's video.
Happy turban days and free flying carpets for everyone !!!
Nicely done!! Great idea!! I was an expat for a few years in Cape Town and if I would have had that opportunity it would have been amazing! Great work! Hats off!
Hey Steph! Fancy finding you here!
you've surpised me here!;) hehe! Nice seeing what might be perhaps your work!
I live In Canada, I can't afford to go home for christmas. They should be helping Canadians in Canada.
I also like that they appear to have used real AC pilots for this initiative, not actors. That's great!
Ccongratulations to Air Canada!
Time for airlines to show some their appreciation to people in Canada
Who use the airline when the costs are so high.
Patt Lafrance
Way to go Air Canada! :)
This is great!
okay, this was pretty cool Air Canada
People like to talk trash about Air Canada, but my father worked there for nearly 30 years, he loved it. He was a unionized employee and he make a 6 figure income and provided for our family very well. He is now retired with a pension, and I am now 20 years old and work at Canadian National Railway, and the same thing, people love to talk trash about the company, but I make over 100K per year at the age of 20 with no education, so I really have nothing bad to say. Some people will complain about everything.
That's why people talk trash - While I don't fault you for taking that opportunity and good on you for having it, the end result is the money comes from somewhere to pay those salaries and since it is unionized and hard to fire people, the service really sucks most times. I have flown 3 times with AC in the last 5 years, each experience was a never again. Now I purposely avoid them if i can when i book travel.
I have flown AC and West Jet and many other international air lines whose names I cant recall, and I would choose Air Canada for service any day. Not that the service was horrible on any other air line, but I did prefer the service on Air Canada. Although I dont appreciate having to pay about 20 bucks for a sandwich and fruit. Gone are the days where they would serve a full meal, which was included in the price of the ticket.
I have never had a bad experience with Air Canada I just prefer WestJet because their fares are cheaper
dat feels
Every time I see a youtube video this video of air canada pops up as an advertisement
Great job Air Canada! :D still flying world class, Canada would love to have so its friends home : )
I'm a Belgian living in Canada. Why is this never happening to me ? My mom is diagnosed with cancer, haven't seen her in almost then years. This would be so welcome !
I have always known that Canadians are nice people. Now it seems that those nice people also make for nice companies. Air Canada and WestJet (also Canadian) are in a sort of "who is nicer" competition this season. The result makes for winners of them both.
Great job Gary! Sorry to say that West Jet out did you in tear jerker commercials.
It’s my dream to fly the flag😍😍
Very cool!!!
Lilly Singh brought me here😂
I miss Canada - though I am European - Makes me want to be Canadian any single Canadian ladies here in London ?
Very happy for you guys:)
Why hate? at least there is something good being done here, to people with different walks of life. Whats not to say that there are patrons in that bar that was worse off then the ones Westjet may have filmed but didn't want to share their story with the world... There is always someone less fortunate than the stories we hear. Either way, its all publicity, true acts of kindness do not seek rewards.
💓 the Maple leaf 💓
I will always remember getting bumped out of first class ( was using a frequent flyer cert) so an Ac employee could sit there. I was amazed how poor they treat customers
Reminds me of what superwoman said so nothing pleases me air canada lol
damnit... if I'd known they were doing this I'd have showed up on that day at the Maple Leaf
Nice!
omg that's so freaking awesome
~*Scumbag Air Canada Meme*~
*Top Text*: Offers Canadians Free Flights Home
*Bottom Text*: Air Canada Rouge
Ciao.
Rouge doest fly to LHR. just so you know
well done
Everyone is so ignorant. Air canada has been doing dreams take flight for disabled kids for over 20 years. They don't publicly flaunt their giving for this charity. This is he first time they have done anything like this. Don't be so judgemental of either airline. I've had shitty and good service flying with both.
Very nice :-)
Give all of these people round trip tickets and I can't even get a free cookie on the plane. Shit airline.
If I have to skip this commercial one more time...
LAKJFNAEKJNVERLLERLVR!!!!!
Very Nice, West Jet still gets the win from me though.
Air Canada show try and keep their paying passenger happy rather than strangers in another country. I book a return ticket from Calgary to Vancouver two months in advance. On the return flight I showed up at Vancouver Airport only to have a nasty Air Canada agent tell me that I was not guaranteed a seat home and may have to wait!
Wish they came to Denmark and offered free tickets - haven't been home for Christmas in 8 years because of too high ticket prices for a Family :( Wish I were at that pub. Nice AC move, kudos.
Now I now why a Canadian, living in Canada trying to get home for Christmas cost so much. Pretty sad its going to cost me1500$ more than usually to fly home for the holidays, cant afford it. So I will have to wait until Jan 7 . Congrats London.
Hey Matthew, Did you know Air Canada started this back in 2004 ?
I am in Canada
Muito bacana!
Plot twist, somebody in that bar already bought a round trip back to Canada with westjet
That would be a clever trick as WJ don't fly to the UK
+parsleylion unk they do starting spring of 2016 in their new 767s
CHRISTMAS, not "holiday season"
That's why WestJet's campaign is better... in Canada we call it CHRISTMAS, not this American "holidays" nonsense
Why Christmas? Christ was not born on the 25th. So why call it something it is not. Do your research. Take the Christians out of the Holidays and leave all the fun stuff for the rest of us.
I am Canadian and I want nothing to do with Christ.
And why call January 1st New Year when there's no reason to have a new year start in the dead of winter? Why count our years from 2,014 years ago? Because that's the way the western world does things. We call it Christmas because that's the name of the NATIONAL holiday we're celebrating.
Raine Parker The Gregorian calendar started in 1582 because that is when the Church decided they would start it. There are many other calendars that are much older.
We call it Christmas because the Church decided that. Canada was not a nation until 1867 and it took 3 years to make Christmas a national holiday.
Raine Parker Happy holidays!
Actualy, in Canada we call it holidays. We are in a multicultural society where not everyone celebrates Christmas. People celebrate other holidays, too, you know. Do your research next time.
Why didn't you come to Paris ;n;.... oh well great job Air Canada cool surprise!
I have oh Canada in school
Dear God, dont I deserve to go and meet my family too…….
I'm guessing the tickets are round trip with Air Canada Rouge ;) .
they should give tickets to people to get out of the country during xmas cuz it's gonna be inhumanly cold soon
Uh yeah, like these people, living in one of the most expensive cities in the world, need such a hand out. Must be friends and family of executive management.
wait did the guy @0:38 actually say he misses the habs (montreal hockey team) ??
Got any tickets to Jersey bro?
Although they are late to the party (Social Media and Viral Media) its nice to see stuffy Air Canada step up. WestJet has blown a lot of people away with their Christmas videos for two years now. One of the things that WestJet really captured with its 2013 Christmas Video was "Salt of the Earth" people ... Hamilton to Calgary is not the blue bloods of Canadian society ... hard working folks who like the CFL. Canadians in London are paid in Pounds which is about 2x the Canadian Dollar ... so I find it hard to have true sympathy for someone missing home that is making 2x what someone in Canada makes an hour. Fact is you cant be living in London and not be paid well for doing it. It's a nice video ... but you would get more impact if you actually went to a Fort Mac and gave tickets to kids working at the gas stations or the Timmies drive through round trip tickets ... rather some banker in London.
AC has been doing things like this for 25 years. WJ just went the most viral with their very good Christmas vid last year. I was in the pub last week, and most of the people there were far from wealthy elite bankers. The Maple Leaf is a bit of a dive bar in that neighbourhood. Most people go there to see hockey and other NA sports and to drink some Moosehead. They aren't the rich
Emily Ormerod Perception is reality though ... When you make 2X what someone makes back home an hour its hard to feel sympathy ... and to say Air Canada has been doing these things since before the Internet is a bit of a stretch. Yet it is a good ad and does present well ... though the impact to me is lost going to one of the most expensive cities in the World and giving people there free flights ... Moosehead ... who drinks Moosehead? :) Point taken though eh!
Emily Ormerod WJ are amazing marketers. I'll give them that.
Hugh Burnham Then you have no idea how expensive it is to live in London. It is a least 2-3x times the cost of living in Canada. So yeah it is pretty easy to feel sympathy for them if you're educated about foreign countries/cultures. Unfortunately most Canadian are not. That's why Canada is an incredibly racist, egotistical country.
The only thing Canada has going for it is oil which they stupidly sold the rights for to American companies. Now that the price of oil is tanking Canada is headed BACK into a recession. At least every other country in the world has built their economy not to rely so heavily on a single commodity. Except for Saudi Arabia, who have openly stated they refuse to cut oil production because it will drive North America out of the market.
And yet another ignorant statement made by what I assume to be a Canadian:
" you would get more impact if you actually went to a Fort Mac and gave tickets to kids working at the gas stations or the Timmies drive through round trip tickets"
I live in Alberta and it is a well know fact that even low end jobs like a gas station get paid a ridiculous amount more in Fort Mac than anywhere else in canada. Sometimes up to 2-3 times more than the national average depending on the company. That is why they choose to live there for the money! And you are going to criticize Canadians in London? They probably get paid less than the guy at Timmies at Fort Mac. Especially if you factor in the cost of living.
And you're making generalizations about an advert as if you are an expert and don't even understand what is going on in your own country. Great job! You are a model Canadian!
Sobhy Hajji Diatribe much Sobhy? what you need is decaf ... it is a good marketing ad - where it would have got more impact for me is if it looked at Canadians in Crap Holes like Fort Mac trying to get home (which costs as much or more than flying to and from London) You know so much about everything and everyone :) Truly you are an Albertan.
Any free tickets to London UK from AC for the Holidays? .....I'll take 2 please. Merry Christmas
Air Canada: aunque no tenemos familiares en Canada; nada mal unas "merecidas vacaciones.."
#PublicidadPlus #NavidadPlus
Canadians, any excuse is fine to do something great for a stranger