As part of their Fantasy Flight series, United Airlines team members at O’Hare International Airport (ORD) took pediatric cancer patients and families on a flight to the ‘North Pole.’ The Fantasy Flight series is a United Airlines tradition that gifts children with serious medical conditions and their loved ones with a special day of entertainment, food, and fun. The program stops at 12 of United’s domestic hubs and select international airports, spreading holiday cheer across the globe.

For this flight, United partnered with Cal’s Angels (an Illinois-based nonprofit supporting families through pediatric cancer diagnoses) to host 33 pediatric cancer patients and families. The day kicked off with Christmas carols sung by an elf choir of ORD flight attendants and volunteers. After breakfast and photos, guests boarded an ORD Boeing 767 aircraft. With the help of onboard crew, passengers spotted a possible sleigh sighting, and even heard jingle bells in the sky.

The Fantasy Flight program will continue throughout December, with upcoming North Pole trips in the states and abroad.

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