Hope Air is Canada's national charity dedicated to serving Canadians in financial need by providing free air transportation to recognized facilities for medical care not available in the patient's home community.

Hope Air has three different programs:

1. the Commercial Flight Program, where airlines such as WestJet
   WestJet
   WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service to 71 destinations in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Founded in 1996, WestJet is currently the second largest Canadian air carrier, behind Air Canada, operating an average of...
   
    and Air Canada
   Air Canada
   Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
   
   offer free seats for patients travelling long distances
2. the Corporate Aviation Program, where business aircraft offer transportation in empty seats or during repositioning flights for patients travelling medium distances (typically under 1,000 km)
3. the Volunteer Pilot Program, where private pilots provide transportation in their own or in rented light aircraft for patients travelling short-to-medium distances

Hope Air operates nationally in scope and has provided fellow Canadians with 20 years of much needed service. Hope Air's service is provided for all age groups (yet approx. 50% are children), and is not gender-specific nor illness-specific.

Run by a very small staff, Hope Air is among North America's most cost-efficient charities, spending less than 10% of its total revenue (including in-kind) on administration and fundraising annually. As a result, 90% of all contributions to Hope Air go directly to its mission: transporting needy Canadians to the healthcare they require.