Air Canada B787 Cross Country - Hits and Misses
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2022
- After 3 days of raw aviation megafun with Buffalo Airways at Yellowknife, NWT. I am “back to the future” and flew out on Air Canada CRJ900 to Calgary. The CRJ even has a Business Class product. An impressive hot meal was served on the 2 hour flight.
I stayed overnight in Calgary and flew on Air Canada B787-9 Dreamliner to Montreal the next day. The Air Canada lounge in Calgary has decent food selection. I met with two other Canadian travelers there, and they told me the airfare within Canada is sometimes higher than flights to Europe. My flight out of Calgary was delayed by an hour due to a late inbound flight.
Once onboard Air Canada B787, the crew showed me the cockpit and the pilot crew rest area on the B787. A course-by-course full lunch was served onboard with a printed menu and paired wines. The Air Canada B787-9 also features Premium Economy Class.
At the end of the 3.5 hour flight, I highlighted two observed issues with aviation in Canada.
1. The airfares are high. I was redeeming miles to fly for better value.
2. If you didn't get a refund but got a voucher instead, given the current high airfare and inflation, the voucher value is unlikely to hold.
Sam "not too excited" to fly after his in depth visit with Buffalo Airways. Nobody could argue with that. 👍🏻👍🏻
Canadian Govt. Policies to blame . They refused to let Emirates to fly to Montreal , Vancouver and Calgary to protect ACs monopoly. More low cost airlines are needed in domestic Canada as well .
Same with phone and internet plans it's all monopolized they don't care about customers
They did the right thing. Emirates is heavily subsidized by the goverment.
Bro they even hide real searches about how bad canada is.
Cabotage is also forbidden. It is one of the reason why international flights to/from Canada are so expensive. The Canadian Government clearly protects Air Canada monopoly.
Qatar airways only flies international from Montreal usually.
The lack of serious competition is what, I believe, allows AC to charge these types of fares. WestJet has recently announced their intention to "re-focus" on the west. Recently, several ULCC's like Lynx, Swoop and Flair have begun operating, so we'll see how well they manage, and if that in any way causes AC to re-price their offerings. We desperately need more airline competition in Canada. Am in full agreement it should simply not cost this much to travel within one's own country. I can say for sure that Canadians are tired of being held hostage by this pseudo-monopoly.
In the US airports are government run or receive large government subsidies. In Canada airports don’t receive any such subsidies and must be self supporting. These costs are passed directly onto the customers.
@@ccudmore It is not the airports that are terrible up here. We have only two large air carriers and they're terrible. Westjet is only good if you fly the 737 between Calgary and Vancouver, rest of their service is shit.
@@wizardgaming669 exactly. The airports are good because they’re privatized. But they have to charge higher landing fees because they don’t get any government funding which gets passed onto the airlines. Same goes for ATC. NavCan is a private company that doesn’t get any government subsidies (like their counterpart does in the US) so the overflight fees in Canada are higher than the US.
@@wizardgaming669 how? It’s the same 737 product no matter where you fly
@@wizardgaming669 We flew Westjet from Gatwick to Toronto in May and the service was superb. The flight attendants were great too.
Sam thanks for always taking the time to teach us so much about the airline industry!!!
The view of that cloud formation was amazing.
Well compiled and informative vlog. Thank you for sharing Sam! All the very best to you 🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️🙌👍
Sam thanks for calling the prices out. You’re bang on. Great to see you interview those two travellers who can support what we all in Canada have been saying for years. Outstanding editing as always!
Sam you’re such a pleasure to watch. Thank you for this review !
Love your “a cheers” and clink with us.
For the high prices, if you look at the breakdown, the fees and taxes the government and airports impos are a large portion of the fare.
This is a part of the economic picture everyone likes to ignore. They see the real or sometimes imagined benefits of whatever regulation you're dealing with without realizing that it adds cost and complexity.
Think about your medical bill, your local hospital has a whole department called compliance just to make sure they are up to date on various requirements.
I think Canada needs an Open Sky instead of protecting it. This will ultimately pass on the benefits to passengers who flies.
@@SamChui That will never happen as long as there is monopoly of A/C. Sad and unfortunate but true. US is far better than Canada as there is so much of competition. Air Canada's baggage policy (specifically to India) is a complete rip off. Only 1check-in bag. I wonder despite all of this how they win the Best North American airline etc., This is a garbage airline that I avoid whenever I happen to fly outside of Canada. Yes, another fact correctly presented by Sascha Dupupet. Taxes and fees are another killer. Government only needs your money. Period.
@@SamChui no way that will happen unfortunately. Transport Canada basically acts as a bodyguard for Air Canada and ferociously protects it from international competition. This is why Canada does not issue more landing rights to the gulf big 3 for example.
For example, if they were allowed, Emirates would surely have flights to Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. But with the limits imposed on Emirates by Transport Canada, they only fly to Toronto a few times a week.
@@SamChui
Sam, please look at Air Canada's ridiculous Aeroplan mileage program. I think you will be shocked!
Thank you for using Air Canada and coming to Canada, Calgary!! I live here!!
A few years ago WestJet launched Montreal to Boston flights. AC immediately slashed their prices on the one hour flight to around $240 round-trip. West Jet could only hang in there for a few months at those prices and then exited the route. Once WestJet left AC proceeded to raise the fares back to around $600 round-trip.
That’s good business. I’d do the same if I had a competing airline especially if I could afford it.
@@splatmacpuffin if they were losing money with the discounted fares then it could have been deemed as predatory pricing which is illegal under antitrust laws. But good luck getting Transport Canada be tough on Air Canada.
And if those lower prices were still profitable then their current high prices are pure price gouging due to AC's monopoly on the route.
Air Canada's near-monopoly on most routes is why Canadians pay astonishingly high prices for air travel.
@@kb_100 I don’t disagree with you just stating the obvious. If a business can do it without any repercussions than why not ? Profit is why a business exists. Also, Westjet pricing is on par or slightly higher where I live to the rest of Canada and has been for many years. Interestingly they are cutting many flights in Atlantic Canada.
@@splatmacpuffin WestJet is pulling out of eastern Canada and focusing in the west where they're stronger. Which means we're just going to get gouged even more by AC out here now
@@kb_100 They are proctect by the goverment, the goverment set the airport fees for the airlines and they take a big cut, so they need a system that will protect the high price without competition so they create this fake duopoly.
I am a travel agent and I see these ridiculous prices daily. Fly from Calgary to Edmonton for $350 or $400 one way or fly to Dublin Ireland $550 roundtrip. It's sickening. Yes you can get deals to places if you are willing to take a chance on airlines like Flair, Swoop and Lynx and pray they are not delayed and cancelled. We are held hostage in Canada.
Even better. Newark-Riga Lv is $440 rt in November. Newark-St Petersburg Russia(500 miles from Riga) is $1600 because you have to fly to Istanbul and fly a giant circle around Ukraine. US and EU carriers are banned from Russia so you have to fly Turkish Airlines through Istanbul.
As a Canadian, I have been saying for years that American carriers should be allowed to operate itineraries which begin and end in Canada. Also, as an aside, the cheapest flight I ever took was with EasyJet from Basel to Venice, for a whopping 7 Euros. The return cost an outrageous 31 Euros.
I've watched and heard so much bad press about Air Canada recently, its been in UK main stream press about how bad their crew are. This morning a harry potter actor was supposed to be flying first class, the check in lady ripped his 1st class ticket in half, told him the flight was overbooked and he was flying economy with no explanation or advice on getting a refund. They also seem to be obsessed with face masks unlike other carriers, which isn't cool.
@@symphonyandserenity yes it’s so embarrassing and frustrating for us here in Canada…… Asian airlines put AC to shame
@@martymcfly256 you hit the nail on the head. If we cannot do it why not finally let American Airlines to do it…. It’s funny as nobody ever think of this solution
Wow, @Sam Chui you always take flight report video is super luxury, we all love it and keep it up always!!
Thank u Sam for your wonderful ✈️ Flight tour in Air Canada Godbless u 🙏🙂♥️ from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin
Thank you dear Sam, for showing us the way out of trouble... with great love always
Thanks for sharing enjoyed as usual !
Thanks so much Sam Chui, your videos are fantastic
Thank you Sam for sharing the trip best to you
I always love to watch the food sequence of your video ❤️
Informative, thanks for sharing Sam
Beautiful vlog important information thanks 🌹
Hi Sam,
There are an ever increading number of low cost options in Canada now, swoop, flair etc etc.
Of course you don't get delicious food & great service as with Air Canada. Like everything else in life you get what you pay for. Many people want delux service but complain about paying for it.
Air Canada is a great airline, I fly West Jet occasionally in Canada as well but I much prefer flying Air Canada.
I hope you enjoyed your trip to Canada & will return
many times in the future to explore our huge & amazing Country from coast to coast. I'm in Edmonton at the moment visiting my daughter & for my sister's 65 birthday but I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a beautiful city within that beautiful province.
Come visit sometime.
I always enjoy your podcasts.
Paul Wintert
I’m new to your channel and love your videos. As a Canadian I can say you are bang on about the prices. It’s so expensive to fly within Canada which is so sad because it’s a beautiful country to explore. I’d rather fly to the Caribbean for cheaper.
Thank Sam as always great video from Washington DC
Love it ♥️ thank you for sharing Mr.Chui 😍
Hi Mr.Chi hope you’re doing good not tired with all these travels😊 i saw you on Airlinevidose with Kevin on Tv, I follow you before that on RUclips i love the way you’re explaining the airline’s and travel’s,You’re RUclips channel is amazing thank you for sharing! I love watching your channel 😍 hope one day i see you in person! Thank you again 😊
Wonderful ! 👍
Nice seeing you vist my home airport :) , yeah is very expensive you got flair and lynx wich are helping with ultra lowcost options.
Hey!! Welcome back, Sam!! Yes, Air Canada "is" definitely expensive. The fact that Canada doesn't have very much in the way of competition to offer more variety to the customer, in the way of carrier. You don't get your money worth, or so I believe. Aside from that I hope that you enjoyed seeing a bit of Canada. Cheers and looking forward to more of your vlogs.
Am new over here just checking from sweet Jamaica 🇯🇲 one love great experience for you to share with us
Wow this man can eat! Three meals (desserts for sure) and drinks where you can’t even burn sitting/lying for hours, hope he’s working out!
Welcome back to 🇨🇦 🍁 Canada!
I like you r video I know more about business class.🎉Thank you
Fantastic brother
What a pleasant flight.
Great video,Sam.
Keep it up.
Finally someone that will take criticism and help save their failing restaurants
Awesome. Makes me excited for my Canada trip next month. :)
Wonderful! Where are you heading in Canada? Safe travels.
@@thatweirdguy_ben Yellowknife and Western Canada :)
Wiw, than nice bro!
Everything is expensive in canada....
@@GenkisTravels enjoy! make sure to bring some jackets because it does get really chilly.
B787 Beautiful
First of all, I am glad you got a chance to fly in our old ‘piston-pounders’; those Buffalo C-46’ers are how we get our fresh groceries bi-weekly up the MacKenzie Valley.
Now back on topic: the costs to fly within Canada are insane compared to other countries, and try flying up north of you want a real shocker. I live just about a one hour flight north of Yellowknife, and that is close to a $1K round trip ticket. It’s cheaper for us to fly to Australia from Edmonton, Alberta (our primary major hub) than it is to fly 2.5 hours of actual flying time north. If someone can figure out that math, we northerners would love to hear it! When I lived on the east coast of the country, I knew loads of people who would drive to Maine (or on the west coast, Seattle) in order to get better prices on flights. I understand that flying is expensive, but domestic first class is not anything special, nor do I think it costs more to fly 2.5 hours on a big bird than 2.5 flying hours on a 737-300 class.
The CRJ's have IFE now. Wow, I'm impressed.
Very good video Sam. The ticket prices for flights across Canada might be expensive but at least you get a very good seat and onboard service on Air Canada's Business Class. Keep it up!!😍
Thank you Sam, hope they'll review their high prices after this video
It's amazing video like it
Nice landing in YUL!!!
Gr8 stuff MrSam🤓
Please no masks Canada. Seeing people smile makes our world go round.
One factor is excessive taxes in Canada on airfare; ATC fees, airport improvement fees, CBSA, etc.
Yep. Gotta pay those incompetent airport executives salaries!
@@Originalman144 Yeap, hell of a of a ‘non-profit’ no competition racket these guys run. While the general public is oblivious and thinks it’s AC’s fault.
It’s approx 85$ of a YYC-YUL ticket… the ticket is 800$ round trip
Toronto has the highest landing fees in the world. I sure would like to know where all that money is going. YYZ is nothing special, riddled with delays and lost/damaged baggage.
@@leflate Hidden fees within that fare. Carbon tax and landing fees are often not disclosed.
your right on Sam. it’s ridiculous i’ve been to more countries in Europe and the Caribbean then visiting other provinces because of the price.
Nice thunderstorm or supercell shot coming into Calgary.
Very very good
Hi Sam! I just want to let you know that my 6yr old son loves your videos so much! You are his role model! 🙃
My baggage was delayed 13days, and my return flight was cancelled too. Good work Air Canada.
Same. 2 days in a row of cancellations. 14 day bag delay after arriving home. Absolutely pathetic. Places these people call "third world countries" are operating better airports.
@@Originalman144 We have "budget" airlines here in South Africa that does better than this. And we're a third world country.
A first for me when I flew from Dublin to Victoria with AC a few weeks ago. I arrived in Victoria twelve hours AFTER my bags arrived. Arriving late on the YUL-YVR leg of the journey, I missed the connection to YYJ and was rebooked the following morning. The bags, however, made it to YYJ on a later flight that evening which presumably had no empty seats for us.
Air Canada is trash, run by trash. What do you expect?
Nice video Sam! Welcome to Canada.
That's why we prefere going in Europe for vacation is much much cheaper than visiting Canada ,even Swiss is less expensive!
Welcome to YYC!!!!
Great video Sam, I've had many experiences onboard Air Canada and I've never had a bad experience. Crew have been awesome and the flights enjoyable. From what I've seen of other carriers around the world there's not many that I could afford to pay outright for and get a decent business class. On Europe you get that European business class which is very average. I guess everyone has different opinions but that is mine, no offence or criticism intended by this comment mate. Keep up the great videos 🍾🥂🍾🥂
Beautiful vlogs love from India🇮🇳
Thanks for flying Air Canada Sam! I work for AC and its a pleasure to have you share your opinions and experiences! I hope the company takes your view/opinion and will change the way Commercial Aviation is done to better the passenger.
In regards to domestic air travel there are many more cheaper/no frills options to get across the country. i hope one day you fly other airlines in Canada to see why they are cheaper or better/worse. Its a good time for passengers flying domestically with the recent additions of low cost carriers. Thank again for flying the flag at Air Canada brother! :)
I think AC is a decent airline in terms of product offerings. It is also not easy running a huge network airline supporting a huge land mass size like Canada. Like many have commented here, the government tax policy has direct impact to the high airfare and other things.
Air Canada used to be a comedy punchline but it has gotten a lot better.
What are you talking about! Have you flown with any other airlines around the world? Do you simply not recognize that even our so called “low cost” airlines are still ridiculously expensive when compared to other countries? Why not allow American Airlines to run flights starting in canada?
@@SamChui I am shocked you say Air Canada is a decent airlines. AC has pathetic service with below average on board staff manners. Maybe they treated you a bit nice considering everything is on camera.
Nice video!
Thanks for flying the flag
That is awesome that even Sam is angry at AC! Welcome to our world Sam. Cost us more to fly a one hour flight than it would be to fly to China.
But you can't get to China in an hour...
Thank you , Sam , lacked of competition sure sucks , monopoly no fun for everybody
That lunch didn’t look very appetizing. Great to see the AC product as that is one of my choices for Greece next year on BC
sam we love you!!! great video!!! hope you're good
I’ve always spoke of the same thing. It’s cheaper at times to go to the Carribean for a one week all inclusive vacation than fly to another destination in Canada round trip.
Where are you coming from?
Thank you for trying Air Canada. Yes, my wife and I would rather go to the USA, Europe, and Asia. Then travel within Canada.
Bonjour de Montréal ! Happy to see you visited Canada ! Montreal a really fun city !
One of the worst city ever
hell no !!! there is nothing fun about Montreal, its ugly period
Sam from the older C47 to the modern 787 Dreamliner, you are flying in all of them.
aircraft is really cool
Reminds me why many Toronto based friends drive across to Buffalo, NY to fly to Florida
The same with Vancouver to Bellingham, Washington and even Seattle-Tacoma.
Same with Montreal to Plattsburgh or Burlington. But to a lesser extent since those two US airports aren't very well connected to other destinations
Nice
Flew from Vancouver to Toronto on Air Canada A340 took 4 hrs 30.mins and nice comfy seats that was in 2000 then stay in Toronto for 5hrs b4 took off to Glasgow tool 6hrs 40mins
Omg welcome to Montreal
The quality of an airline is a good indicator of the economic situation of a country.
keep it up, love to watch the luxury i will never experience
Great video Sam! I will be flying to Ottawa next month, and I must agree, the airfares are a bit excessive :( Even a short hop on a Porter flight, can be a bit extreme
Don’t fly
@@arefinsiddique103 Take the train to Australia! Hyperloop!@!!@@!@!@
FINALLY HE DID AIR CANADA
Bienvenue à Montréal!
Thanks!
Good review. I'm going to fly AC next month to Asia and honestly don't have very high expectations. Will do a video reviewing my experience in my channel. Your editing looks very nice. Hope to learn more from you.
If you are coming to Calgary I would love to meet you in person it would make my day
The Maple Leaf Lounge in Calgary is IMO the best lounge at least in Canada. I haven’t tried Vancouver post table service ordering but for at least the other major AC hubs, the food offerings leave a lot to be desired. In Toronto specifically, I’ve flown both domestic and international and I was surprised I was served the exact same food options in the international lounge as what was served in the domestic lounge on a consistent basis this year. I mean, for the price, you definitely hope the food choices can be switched up here and there?
I do like Air Canada but for the fares, it does seem ridiculous what they charge. They try hard to be aspirational and upscale but it always just comes across middle of the road. I think the soft product and the pre-departure experience needs to be looked at further. Even with the Signature Suite, MLL has no excuse to feel like a Costco kitchen does it?
Haha. Welcome to Canada buddy. I am Canadian. We purchased AC from YWG to YVR back in June to go to the Iran-Canada soccer game. Anyhow that game got cancelled. I reuested travel voucher from AC ad still aiting despite calling them several times.
When Sam Chui is critical, you know something is really wrong
Love your videos big big fan
747. 300
And I would love to fly with you. In the 737
Hi. Sam. Iam. A. Big. Fan. iam replying because of. The suprise. Have a nice day bye. And. I wish to fly with you in the. 737
Hey Sam, good to see you in Canada! Yes its expensive, but remember Canada is the second largest country in the world
with a population of "only" 33 million. One tenth that of America, a smaller country with a much larger population.
Good to see you traveling through a couple of airports I've actually flown out of myself, Sam 😁
Enjoy your videos Sam, Thanks very much!
Well ,it is only natural considering the exquisite product they offer you . On a ten hour flight from Toronto to Athens there was a "meal" and then a coffee accompanied by a soggy croissant.
I flew on Ac322 as well! In Feb 2019 on a 737 MAX
My son got bumped off a flight in business class because a pilot wanted his seat flying to Barcelona from Montreal, and today my son got delayed from Miami to Montreal causing him to miss connecting flight from Montreal to Toronto and is now rented a car to drive so he doesn’t miss work in the morning! I didn’t know that Air Canada was doing you a favour once you booked a business flight class to “try” to get you on a plane! I won’t be booking any more flights on air canada as a consumer I have choices and I will choose another carrier “any other carrier” in the future!
Yes, air fares is ridiculously expensive if you fly domestic within Canadian cities. From YYZ to YVR may cost $800 or more for a return ticket. Even though there is a competitor West Jet, AC fares are still crazy high. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Hey Sam we just flew ANA and United airlines from Singapore back to Los Angeles via NRT and SFO and when we were inside the ANA flight the cabin crew allowed us to board first and they gave us an a380 turtle purse and a luggage tag
👌👌👌
As a seasoned flyer of AC for over 10 years (pre-pandemic) the prices although high seemed reasonable, fast forward to 2022 and they have tripled. If those in power halved the airport and government taxes more people could afford to fly.
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Thank you sam
Thanks Mr. Sam . I really enjoyed from this video by Canadian airlines. I from India/ Tamilnadu . Name Durairaj Prabakar.
I’ve never been this early
Wow Tnx bro good business ok thanks brother good