I Flew Canada's LONGEST Domestic Flight
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2022
- Canada's longest domestic flight is a 6 hour hop from one coast to the other - Halifax to Vancouver.
This spans a distance of 4,441km, making it ever so slightly longer than other lengthy domestic routes like St. John's to Calgary.
So, after crossing the country one highly unnecessary way, I decided to “treat” myself to 6 hours on a 737 MAX!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Canada (ACA/AC)
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M)
Flight Number: AC361
Seat: 15F (Economy)
Livery: New (2017)
Engines: 2x CFM LEAP-1B
Registration: C-GELQ
Route: Halifax (YHZ) - Vancouver (YVR)
Callsign: AIR CANADA 361
Runway used: 23 (YHZ) - 26R (YVR)
Date filmed: August 2022
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respect for alex's leg through his week, i wonder what else they have been through
Do more long flights pls
Alex do more long flights pls
About the observation deck In Halifax YHZ: It used to have a direct view out onto the ramp with only a single pane of glass however the terminal was extended outwards a few years ago. This extension was built around the observation deck hence why it now has a view of inside the terminal instead of directly to the ramp.
It really is a shame, as I used to sit in the observation deck for hours at a time when I was a kid. It had a great view before.
Going way back the observation deck used to be outside. It cost a dime( I think) to go out there. This was before jetways. Mostly prop planes
Back in the 1980s I flew Calgary to Halifax on an Air Canada DC-8. The flight time was over 6 hours and the crew told me at the time it was their longest domestic flight. In fact the crew had to adhere to international layover regulations on either end of the route.
Awesome video Alex. Its cool to see how the engine nacelle strake actually augments the airflow over the leading edge at 4:50
Alex you never cease to amaze me how you combine great narrative, super visual aspects and silence with the take offs and landings. Very superb. Please keep up the great work
As a Halifsx native I'm glad to see you come to the east coast! Amazing trip report!
Another amazing adventure..my longest flight has been from Toronto to Vancouver but a truly beautiful way to see the country..Having spent most of my time in BC I hope to return one day and enjoy more of your beautiful country. Calgary was a place I truly want to go back to.😊 Thanks for taking us along with you and Merry Christmas to you and your family ⛄🔔🎄
Thank you for sharing you trip here...And the lounge looked really nice having the views outside!!
Yes, I stand 6'2" and I always go for the upgrade by asking the gate agents. I also tell other friends who are tall like me to always ask for the upgrades for Premium Economy. And I also look for Business Class and I also tell my closet friends to do the same as well. Thank you for sharing this long-haul trip on a small 737 size aircraft.
Amazing video! Super interesting to see how this compares to flying only Dash 8s across Canada!
Fun trip - great vid, Alex. Nice to YHZ.. having lived there for nearly 25 years, I always thought it was one of the nicest airports in Canada. Thumbs up from YLW.
Always informative. Thanks!
Another great video Alex. I do like the interior of the Air Canada Max. Loved the dash 8 across Canada. Safe travels!!!!
Another Awesome Trip Report Alex! You definitely deserve to treat yourself with this.
Another great Video Thanks Alex
Thanks Alex for bringing us along ✈
Love all your videos and the effort you put in on our behalf! My husband and I did this flight back at the end of September to attend my youngest brother’s funeral in Vancouver. My home airport is YSJ but it was so expensive and convoluted to fly from there to YVR. I was thrilled to find a non-stop flight from YHZ instead. After redeeming Aeroplan miles and paying the cash difference, it was still a better deal to drive to Halifax, redeem hotel points for a stay in Halifax and pay for parking at the Park’N Fly for a week (all during Ferocious Fiona too!) I’m grateful I had these options during an otherwise distressing time. I didn’t even realize this was the longest non-stop flight in Canada until your video! Your videos are not only entertaining but educational too! They really build my appreciation for this beautiful, vast country that we have the privilege to call home so thanks again!
Thanks for an enjoyable 12 min flight to start my day....Happy Holidays!
Good video Alex! One of your best!
I’ve taken the Toronto - Vancouver route a few times on twin aisle jet on AC and love it. It’s so much more comfortable on twin aisle jet.
Loved the videos Alex! Can’t wait for you to try the YYC to BCN flight later next year. That’s a very special flight for me as it goes from where I live to where I was born and raised-Canadian Mom and Catalan Dad.
Finally a blogger that rolls the whole takeoff ! I HATE when they put the stupid music and speed up the take off . That’s always the best part of the video .
Thanks for this Alex. Going to be on this flight a couple times next year
Just got back from a long hockey trip to see a new praglowski trip report from my home airport no less. Lovely stuff
I've done a couple of AC MAX flights this year. The first was from Montreal to Vancouver, 3685km, 5hrs 9mins in Business Class. The second was London to Halifax, 4600km, 6hrs 31mins in an Economy Preference seat. Both were excellent flights though the first one was delayed and we missed our connection to Victoria. The transatlantic flight included food and drink and as it was a lightly loaded flight, I was offered two main courses which I accepted! I also had three seats to myself which made it extra comfortable.
Hey Alex, just reaching out to say that after lurking for a long time on your channel, I've decided to subscribe. Your content is GREAT, and I invariable enjoy your videos, so a BIG thank you!!
I hear about the long(er) flights on a 737, and narrow-body comfort vs a wide body. However I must say that as far as the MAX is concerned, the nice Sky Interior coupled to the MUCH quieter cabin makes a ton of difference for me. While I would not mind a long-ish flight on an A320ceo, I would absolutely dread one on a regular 738. Couple of years back we flew out to Cape Verde from Milan on a tightly packed, old 738. That flight was epically miserable, at almost 6 hours of length.... Again, the "ole' faithful" 757 is equally miserable, due to the loud engines. And I've also had miserable flights on 777s (one just last week), and especially so on GE90s powered ones, again because of cabin noise...
I think that comfort-wise, what matters most to me is 1) noise levels 2) seat pitch/legroom. I can happily live with the rest.
Great video, as always! As someone originally from NS who lives in Vancouver I was delighted when AC started this route. I flew this route in June and again a couple of weeks ago and it is nice to not have to stopover in Calgary, Toronto or Montreal. I booked comfort fare in the summer and really liked having the extra legroom. On my recent flight back I booked a basic economy ticket and I found the non-preferred seats to be too tight for a 6 hour flight so I paid $117 for a preferred seat on the way back. I will now only book comfort fare on this route to save my legs from cramped quarters and from saving my money on paying so much for a preferred seat! I also booked the Chef Jerome meal box for my return flight in the summer and they did not have it so I selected something from their menu. I tried booking the Chef Jerome meal box for my recent return flight and again it was not available. Makes me wonder why they offer it! I paid more then I would have had I just bought a meal on the plane! Great review, Alex :)
Thanks Alex, very interesting. Now you have to do the longest non-stop south-north trip. I have flown from Ottawa to Iqaluit, so would qualify as the longest south-north trip for me.
great video again, thanks a lot Alex ! 🙂
I appreciate that you're a taller flight reviewer, as someone with a 96 cm inseam I can relate with feeling crammed into the plane. Great job!
There's a few. Noel Philips is 6'4"
Great videos Alex
I always enjoy your narrative. Thanks for posting... now I have to go see how you did it on Dash8s! Wow.
Awesome video, Alex! I just flew home last week from Toronto to Vancouver and the flight time was five hours four minutes on the nose. So weird to think that flying from Halifax only adds an extra hour. 🤔
I actually was thinking on going on this flight, as I live in Halifax, but i thought twice after checking that it was operated by a 737
you are not gonna die bro 💀
@@highinthesky_yt i didn’t mean that like i was scared of the 737 max, i didn’t like the idea of going on a narrowbody for that long
@@dagoose. oh ok
Great review, reminds me of the time I flew YYC direct to YHZ and back in the same day.
I did not know that AC had any planes with the retro TCA livery -- Thank-you, Alex, for highlighting that.
yep there was a 319 pre pandemic with it and when that was retired AC put it on a newly delivered A220
Its a promotion.
I almost predicted you would take this flight - i was hoping you would take an interesting route back home from YHZ and you did!
Another great video as always! Also, that takeoff shows just how much runway the MAX needs, felt like forever!
In August I was flying to Toronto from Winnipeg with AC. Originally I was supposed to be on an A320 which would've been a nice little nostalgic trip, but the flight was delayed and eventually we were swapped to a MAX (I guess the A320 went mechanical). Interestingly that means I got a free upgrade to a preferred seat :P It was a nice short flight with a cool sunset descent into the clouds!
Well, it was 6 hour long-fuel plus reserves-fllight, so it was quiet heavy.
Nice video Alex!
Not only am i a fan of your videos I was just in Halifax last week. Agree the airport was very nice and well laid out. Also on takeoff I saw a few vehicles on a side road definitely taking photos. It lines up with your recent video about military planes in Halifax. Keep up the great work. Oddly enough my gate was 26, at the same end as yours
Wow!...that's amazing 👏
Beautiful video ❤
I’m just binge watching your videos to prepare for my YYC-EWR flight!!
Anyone remember the observation deck in the old Dorval, back in the day, where you could actually go outside and look over the ramp? Those were the days.
Yes I do remember the observation deck in YUL. Used to go on the deck back in the 60's when at the airport.
Remember the TCA Viscount and Vanguard.
@@michaelsullivan3722 That's just a bit before my time. My old man started working for AC in the early 60's, at YUL. We used to go to the airport and watch the planes from the deck, outside. My first flight was on a DC-8 down to Barbados. Rows 1-15 non smoking, 16-30....smoking section. Lol
My father worked for AC at the big gray hanger in YUL. He travelled alot.
@@michaelsullivan3722 Small world. My dad worked at the power plant. You got there by going over the 40 along Cote Vertu. Big brown building on the right hand side. I think it got changed into Kelly Aviation after Hollis Harris convinced everyone they'd keep the jobs...
I swear that Leap nearly did a buzzsaw on the takeoff, actually surprised me...
Also did not expect a route this absurdly long to be a thing in this country.
Zero derate on that takeoff I'm pretty sure!
YLW Kelowna has an observation deck as well, with great lines to both ends of the runway and approaches.
My commute to work starts in St. John’s international to Halifax from Halifax to Vancouver and from there I get to terrace would love to see you do that trip
It will not be the longest, but I would love to see Alex do a Fort St. John to Saint John to St. John’s flight. I can certainly donate some MLL guest passes for that😊
That would be good
Did not know Halifax had an observatory. I can’t wait to take this same flight next week
Did YVR /YHZ with WestJet a couple of times, as well as YYC /YYT - a couple of times in the dreaded middle seat since I was non-revving. In regards to observation decks, the old one at YEG was quite something, just a little room with little windows that you had to stand to peek out of.
Thanks!
And great vid I love flying long flights and this great reminder of my Toronto to Seville Spain flight
In the takeoff footage from Halifax, I’m pretty sure I was able to find my house! Super cool! Thanks for sharing!
As for the airline magazine situation, a couple American carriers used the pandemic to cease paper publication of their magazines. Not sure if AC’s going that route or if they’ll be back eventually.
it wasn't all that incredibly long ago that there were no direct flights from yhz that went westerly beyond yyz, and that in some instances travelling between the two required a leg involving a turbo-prop 'air canada jazz' on the yul-yhz/yhz-yul segment.
That is one clean, beautiful, shiny wing!!!
4:04 Those CFM Leaps are superb on Takeoffs.
Nice touch to add mid flight music to your videos Alex
The only arliner (that I know of)with both range and gravel abiliyty to make the proposed St John to Burwash flight would be the soviet Tupolev 154. Good luck getting hands on one of those in decent condition though.
Unrelated topic.
I was inspired by your videos and I am actually looking into YYZ-Halifax-Saint Pierre-Halifax-LHR. I am Interested in going to this little French island, as well as trying out 38M on a longer flight. I noticed the following:
1) one-way trip is so expensive
2) although stuck in a small narrowbody across the Atlantic, the departure and arrival time is very attractive. Instead of arriving bright and early in the morning (as do most North America to European flights are), you arrive in the evening. You get there, eat and sleep the whole night through and be ready to be a tourist the very next day. Some may love the early morning arrival so they get a full day of touring... in my experience, Atlantic flights are too short to get a full night sleep. Typically, you arrive at 5 am or latest 9 am, you are jetlagged, tired, carrying a suitcase everywhere. Cant check in and too tired to go anywhere. So this trip should be interesting!
Ya couldn’t pay me enough money to fly 6.5 hours on a 737 in economy. Well done sir!
That is one heavy plane, I flew from YEG to YHZ in the summer when it was +30 out and we used almost the entire runway on our takeoff roll!
Last weekend it took me 22h to go YVR-YHZ instead of the planned 9 (via YYC and then unplanned through YYZ), so long or not I’d take this direct flight any day! Thanks for the video!
11:38
I’d have to agree to that
Longest flight I’ve done was from Big Trout Lake to Winnipeg with a stop in Sioux lol
Thank you for this. I live in Montana and am planning a trip to Nova Scotia. I found that I can save a lot of money by driving to Calgary and catching a direct flight to Halifax.
i'm doing this trip roundtrip next year! i had no idea it was the longest flight though that's fascinating~
I'm based in YYJ, but have meetings in Halifax the 3rd week of January. I want to try this flight out SO BADLY!
Even though I am in Grade 6 I really love Avation, and your videos are amazing! :) :) :)
O H CMON , that hopping trip across Canada was absolutely necessary , so we could all watch you do it !!!! You can't tell me it wasn't fun as well ?
Fort Mc Murray has an observation deck before security at YMM
So does YVR.
Love seeing C-GNBN every time. See it often here at YOW
Did YVR-YHZ on Westjet’s Frozen plane a few years back. Was overnight, so it helped with getting some sleep in J class.
Just amazing...
I did it too ! Except the cockpit right seat has better seats ;) also did the St john’s to Calgary flight last month
nice video friend...safe flight
Damn you are tall ! Just returned from FLL to YUL a flight I often take . This time it was AC not Rouge . I was surprised how much more leg room there was . For a taller person, it made economy class much more comfortable .
Perhaps a trivial point, but AC did have a Vancouver to Halifax service some in the early 2000’s . How long it was in place I don’t remember, however, I did do the Van. To Hal. flight after an extended period of business travel (Hal, Chicago, Van. Comox, Van., Hal.). I really appreciated the direct route home. Love the videos and commentary.
I flew Halifax to Vancouver on AC in 2001.
I did the YHZ to YYC flight once or twice. I would not care to do a longer flight (or that trip again). I really hate long flights; I like being able to get off, walk around, get a snack, etc. before continuing.
Hi Alex you should do the Halifax to London Heathrow route. I believe it's done on a narrow body jet too 😊
Alex I can really thank you for doing all these flights. You're legs must feel like Jello after all that.
Hands to the crew has hydrated everyone
6:39 in my experience the wild rice salad is one of the best airplane foods I've had (on a non-asian airline). I too was genuinely surprised how good it was haha.
Yup I'm watching this Video right now on Alex Trip Report from Halifax,Canada to Vancouver British Columbia on Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8's also Hope that Air Canada A220-300's will fly that route with Auxiliary Fuel Tanks that will help them tap into more Flights Awesome Video Alex nuff respect to all your Videos on Aviation & Travel Dream Big on Aviation and keep going 100%
I frequently fly Nanaimo to Charlottetown ( change of plane usually in yvr and yyz or yul). What I would give for a point to point 6 hour non-stop versus the 12 - 13 hours it usually takes me.
My only flight on the max was business class that I was lucky enough to upgrade on the cheap. The return flight was on a 777, the max was grounded between our leaving and returning from holidays.
Same, the business class on the MAX is pretty comfy. And you get a proper meal too.
Did this flight in 2003 in an A340 stopping in YYZ. Long day followed by a Q300 into Comox.
Flew this earlier this year, the new in-seat entertainment on the MAX-8 was pretty fun, played a massive poker tournament against a bunch of strangers for 3 hours
I just flew with a 737 MAX 8 from Calgary to Vancouver as part of my long journey back home from Toronto. I was in Business Class for the 90 min flight and I enjoyed it.
gotta take a halfiax to edmonton flight in april, might go crazy in a 737 for that amount of time
Awesome video, I like it! 👏
The country is so beautiful in August
Alex should do Vancouver to Comox
I miss EnRoute too. I wish they still published it.
Just done Seattle to Keflavik, we lucked out as it only took 6h 30mins.
Great video, but I'd love to see St. John's YYT to Victoria YYJ. Unfortunately I'm not sure if either airport could support the A330 which would be required for that kind of range.
Alex do more flights pls
P.S. We flew your routing 1 October last fall and it was great bypassing the central Canadian hubs.
That’s almost like flying the across the whole country, the views must have been amazing.
My home airport Harrisburg has a observation deck pre security also!
Dorval Airport used to have landside "wall" of windows facing the tarmac as well as doors to an outside balcony to observe planes. It was phsyucally where the current security checkpoint is (and there was a quiet seating area there. balcony reained for a while , but closed/locked doors and eventually the lounge/seating area was replaced with check-in counters for Air Transat after Air Canada orderred ADM to close Mirabel airport. At that poimt a new lounged was created upstairs (no balcony) along with fast food outlets.
Eventually with the many iterations of rebuilding, the upstairs was closed and replaced with intl airline lounges. And the former lounge/balcony space turned into Air Transat check-in was converted into the security check-poit. (this required removing a good chunk of the satellite terminal because the main terminal advanced enough on tarmac they needed to make room for planes to pass).
So now Dorval is an airport that has 0 visibility of tarmac from landside.
Chewing on the AC Max route from YUL-MEX in Jan. Not convinced this is the most comfortable ride for 6 hours :)
Very nice 👍