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Video: Air Canada's President Reveals His Airline's Global Ambitions

Brian Sumers

Photo Credit: Benjamin Smith (right), Air Canada's president for passenger airlines, is one of the architects of the carrier's new global growth strategy. Skift / Dan Peltier

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Since 2009, Air Canada has reinvented itself, taking delivery of new Boeing 787s, improving passenger cabins, and adding international routes to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The airline's management, including Benjamin Smith, deserves credit for making Air Canada relevant again.

As recently as six years ago, Air Canada was a broken airline, teetering on the edge of its second bankruptcy in three years. But after narrowly avoiding the repeat trip to bankruptcy, Air Canada's then-new senior leadership team did something remarkable. They turned the carrier into among the most profitable — and popular — airlines in North America. They invested in ne

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