CAN expands corporate aircraft network through partnership
Private aviation company Wheels Up has announced its relationship with Corporate Angel Network (CAN), a not-for-profit organisation that arranges free transportation for cancer patients and their families travelling to and from life-saving treatment centres by utilising unoccupied seats on corporate aircraft
Private aviation company Wheels Up has announced its relationship with Corporate Angel Network (CAN), a not-for-profit organisation that arranges free transportation for cancer patients and their families travelling to and from life-saving treatment centres by utilising unoccupied seats on corporate aircraft, extending and enabling access to recognised treatment anywhere in the US. The CAN programme allows patients to travel to clinical trials resulting in potential cures, receive specialised treatment not available locally, and avoid dangers of crowded travel due to immune deficiencies, all while reducing their financial burden.
According to David Baxt, Wheels Up co-founder and president, the company will donate flights to the ongoing programme, and Wheels Up members are able to donate flight hours directly to CAN. Members can pay for flights at the time of donation or allocate directly from pre-purchased hours on their membership accounts. In the future, members will also have the option to share unoccupied seats with patients and their caregivers. Wheels Up joins CAN’s extensive network of some 580 of America’s top corporations to help to fulfil 6,000 patient requests per year.
“We are excited to work with CAN and know that Wheels Up will make a difference by offering a travel solution for CAN’s cancer patients and their families,” said Baxt. “As a company, we are committed to giving back and are honoured to be able to support CAN’s mission. We look forward to working with this inspiring organisation for many years to come.”