American Airlines is pleased to continue its 20-year relationship with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. From sponsoring the first race in Dallas in 1983 to our expanded partnership today, American remains committed to Komen's promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever.
We're now proud to be the Official Airline of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and their first-ever Lifetime Promise Partner. In honor of our joint resolve, eight aircraft (a 777, a 757 and six American Eagle Embraer aircraft) will carry a special livery, building awareness globally of our vision of a world without breast cancer. Learn more about American Airlines commitment as a Lifetime Promise Partner.
American Airlines and Susan G. Komen for the Cure unveil two pink-ribbon aircraft
By Pegasus News wire
FORT WORTH — American Airlines and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer organization, today announced an expanded partnership with the unveiling of two specially co-branded aircraft, an American Airlines 757 and an American Eagle Embraer 145, each incorporating the renowned vivid pink-ribbon motif.
The airline also unveiled its new plane signifying the fight against typhoid fever
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The airline also unveiled its new plane signifying the fight against typhoid fever
The distinctive pink streamers, which extend the length of the fuselage of the two aircraft, signal a new level of mutual commitment, as American Airlines becomes Komen for the Cure's official airline and first-ever Lifetime Promise Partner. The partnership represents a newly created funding category for Komen -- called Promise Grants -- which are collaborative, inter-disciplinary research projects with the strong potential to discover and deliver the cures for breast cancer more quickly.
American Airlines has pledged to raise a minimum of $1 million annually for eight years, to fund Susan G. Komen for the Cure's first Promise Grant -- a $7.5 million, five-year study of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The remainder will be used to fund health and community programs.
"This is a great day for American Airlines, American Eagle and Susan G. Komen for the Cure," said Dan Garton, American's Executive Vice President-Marketing. "But most of all, it's a great day for all of us who are deeply determined to end breast cancer forever. We sincerely thank the American Airlines employees at our Tulsa and Abilene maintenance bases who donated their time to carefully wrap these aircraft in the ribbons. Seeing these special aircraft take flight today is an inspiration to us all."
American and American Eagle will add similar ribbons to an additional six aircraft in the coming months.
(Thanks, Dad, for forwarding this info to me!)
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