Air Canada won five honours in a series of awards for excellence in leisure and lifestyle travel, and the best of family travel. The carrier was voted by readers of FXExpress Publications' well-regarded travel magazine, Global Traveler and its sister publication WhereverFamily for the following accolades:  

Leisure Lifestyle Awards

• Best Airline for Onboard Entertainment for the fourth consecutive year
• Best Premium Economy Class for the fourth consecutive year
• Best Airline for Onboard Menu – Air Canada Business Class

Family Travel Awards

• Best Family-Friendly Airline in North America for the fourth consecutive year
• Best Family Friendly International Airline for the third consecutive year

Global Traveler and whereverfamily.com conducted surveys of their readers Dec. 14, 2021–April 14, 2022, with open-ended questions for the best in many categories of leisure and family travel. The surveys ran in the magazine, as inserts to subscriber copies, as direct mail questionnaires, online and via email. Only those questionnaires where more than 50 per cent of the questions were completed were counted. 

These Global Traveler and WhereverFamily awards are the latest in a number of awards affirming Air Canada's accomplishments in key aspects of its business including people, product and employee engagement. Other major awards and recognitions recently received by Air Canada include:

• The most current Skytrax World Airline Awards including for:
  • Skytrax Best Airline Staff in North America
  • Skytrax Best Airline Staff in Canada
  • Skytrax Best Business Class Lounge in North America
  • Skytrax COVID-19 Airline Excellence
  • Remains the only Skytrax Four-star international network carrier in North America
• Travel Pulse Canada's 2022 Readers' Choice awards for Best Traditional Airline of the Year, Best Safety Protocols and Best Trade Communications during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Montreal Top Employers for nine consecutive years and one of Canada's Best Employers for 2022 (Mediacorp)
• Air Canada was selected among the top companies within the 2021 Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces® Awards, which celebrates the top 50 employers that make engagement, alignment and recognition central to the employee experience. This latest award followed the airline being recently named as one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces for the fifth consecutive year for its commitment to employee engagement
• Inaugural recipient of the Roberta Bondar Foundation's 2022 Award for Innovation and Creativity for its Protection of the Environment