About that 51-minute Air Transat A330-300 flight (YYZ-YUL)
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Even though I booked this flight in hopes of getting a ride on an A310, the unfortunate swap to an A330-300 ended up being a really good thing. Air Transat really impressed me with a very clean aircraft and excellent service from the cabin crew - so much in fact that I've got an itch to try them on a long haul route in the near future.
This is footage from flight 471, a very short 51-minute hop from Toronto (YYZ) to Montreal (YUL). I had seat 44k way back in the deepest depths of economy class, and the aircraft registration was C-GTSD.
0:50 imagine the machine instead of printing a boarding pass prints a paper saying: “this is your check in kiosk, I am now self conscious, run”.
Omg can you imagine the how epic of a video this would have been if that kiosk chased me around the airport?! On second thought, I’m probably going to have nightmares tonight thinking about it... 🏃🏻♂️😮😂
SANspotter you killed me just thinking about a check in kioks somehow running, would make for an interesting headliner in the news
I would have loved to see an A310 review but that A330 was impressive! Always enjoy taking a widebody on such a short flight. Awesome as always.
Thanks Blake - my quest for that A310 may not be over. I might try again...
SANspotter try the PIA A310, or the Sata A310.
@@travia6688 PIA and SATA A310's are retired.
Amazing trip report! Thank you for stopping by in my town :D
It’s actually interesting since I’ve also made a trip report on this exact aircraft a few months prior to your flight, and I have to say that this video made me so proud of my city’s main carrier! We don’t see much Air Transat reviews from big channels out there, and I’m really glad that you’ve made this trip report for everyone to see.
And also, please do take a long haul route on-board Air Transat’s A330! I’ve done it many times, was never disappointed.
Cheers from snowy Montreal! 🇨🇦❄️
This video was sublime! Thank you for taking your time to put this together.
You’re very welcome - glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice. Thank you for giving so much throughout the year
Thank you and you’re very welcome! ✈️😎👍🏻
The production quality of your videos is top-notch. Excellent work, sir!
Thanks Michael - I really appreciate it! 😎
Nice video. Seen a lot of trip reports by a lot of other youtubers but your channel is both well done and also quite entertaining!
Thank you - I really appreciate the compliment! 😀👍🏻
Man I love the interior in that A330, I got to say the flight looked pretty interesting! Yep, really good trip report!
Thanks! That interior was probably one of my biggest airline-experience surprises of the year. I wasn’t expecting something so nice!
Flew to Prague on an Air Transat A330 via Montreal. The Staff were very attentive and pleasant. The 3-3-3 seat configuration is a killer on long hauls.
Nice review and good choice of music!
Thanks for keeping the entire takeoff roll in your vid!
You’re welcome! Most seem to like it, so I’m going to keep doing it. 😎👍🏻
Just came across your channel and am really glad i did, your content’s great! Cheers from montreal
Thanks Matt! Glad you stumbled across my stuff! ✈️😎👍🏻
Thank you so much for reviewing these nobody else seems to, would love to know your thoughts on their long haul product as I will be doing Manchester to Toronto in June🙌... Great video🎥
This was my first time traveling with Air Transat and I was on this exact same airbus type. I went to Cancun in the march break of 2019 before the covid hit.
Love your videos 😍
Thanks! I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻😎👍🏻
Barely see decent Air Transat reviews, so many thanks for this one 👍First Rate
You’re very welcome - glad you enjoyed it! 😎
I LOVED that review !!!! Thanks again !
You’re welcome William - glad you enjoyed it!
About That 40-min Cathay Dragon A330-300 flight (CAN-HKG)
You're lucky you had a flight! Back in 2016/2017, I've booked with them thrice and each and every time the flight would go mechanical and I'd be rebooked on WestJet
j2simpso Wow! SuckJet
Hi Scott,
Awesome report as always! Shame you missed out on the A310, it is such a rare aircraft. That is one good looking cabin though, love the mood lighting. It is always nice to fly a widebody on such a short flight :)
Greetings from the Air France lounge in Paris!
Brendan
You’re in Paris! Hope you had a good trip! 😎✈️
SANspotter i sure did! Had a great long weekend in Dubai, fantastic City! :)
Technically YYZ has 6 terminals, T1 has 3 sort of mini terminals inside Domestic/Transborder(US)/International, which are all segregated from each other and T2 has 2 inside them US and International/Domestic which are combined into 1. As well as a infield terminal used by Sunwing
you should do a long -haul flight with air transat you can do vancouver paris
Thank you😂😂, cause i have a flight tomorrow i didnt know how to use the kiosk
I have flown the A310 for years going from GLA - YYZ I didn’t even realise people just booked flights to get a change to fly it - it was a horrible aircraft so very old lol
A330 in 2-4-2 with 33” pitch is one of the best economy experience you can have! Better than any 787 on the market.
But yes, most Air Transat A330 are in a dreadful 3-3-3.
As bummed as I was that this flight was switched from an A310 to an A330, I got really lucky with this 2-4-2 configured bird. It was nice!
Well if you got a 3-3-3 config you could try to do poor mans business class
That's why you pay the extra $ and grab the 2-4-2 near the tale end of the plane so you dont have a stranger sitting with you and a friend
Great video.. Are you coming to Virginia anytime soon??? Please do.. TC
Thanks! No plans as of yet to visit Virginia, but who knows what 2019 will bring? 😎
Im your 10k subscriber :) congrats
Woo hoo!! Thank you for 10K!! 🙏🏻🎉
Question - what camera do you use for your vlogs?
Currently using an iPhone XS and a GoPro Hero 5.
Maybe you can try the Sata or PIA A310
I’d love to do either of those!
I never have had the chance to fly on a brand new cabin TS A330 but I wish I could do it soon. I've embarked twice on their old A310 for a transatlantic flight from YUL (one to BCN-a 8-hour flight back and the other one to go to LGW then coming back from LIS in Club Class). Even though the airplanes are not as equipped as the A330 (they don't have a personal screen which sucks for a 6-hour+ flight), the service is pretty good. If you have the opportunity one day, try Club Class, we were only 12 in this class and I paid an extra $225 only on my regular flight (I had to check regularly between the moment I booked the flight and the actual departure date since the rates change constantly).
Compared to Air Canada (in particular AC Rouge), I would say TS is better. If I have the option of flying with TS on a A330 or with Rouge on a 737 or A319-320, the choice is easy to do except if the rate difference between both companies is huge. Just to give you an example, I'm flying YUL-PVR mid-January and I've paid $460 round trip with Rouge compared to $675 with A330 on TS. Btw, good channel!
Thanks Renaud! Good tip about Club Class - I’ll definitely look into that next time I fly TS (which I will, since I really want to fly on the A310 before they are gone). I’m not sure I’d be willing to fly Rouge though if there are any other options - I did that once and that was enough. 😅
I love your editing!! well done :)
I just uploaded a inflight experience flying with Air Transat A310 YYZ to Venice. Overall great airline.
Thanks! You’re so lucky to have been able to get a transatlantic ride on that A310 - I gotta do that!
air transat is an amazing airline!! totally underrated!
Agreed! I was really expecting something along the lines of Spirit or Allegiant, though what I found was anything but. It’s a really nice airline!
Another great video as always! By the way, Air Transat has some excellent prices on flights to London Gatwick from Toronto on their A310-300! I was able to book a ticket for about USD$410 round trip! I’m sure you’ll be able to find an even cheaper domestic trip if you don’t want to travel all the way to London and back, but just thought I would let you know!
Keep up the excellent videos!
Your Fan,
- Ty
Wow, thanks for the heads up Ty - that does sound really tempting! Now I just gotta convince my knees that it’ll be more fun than painful. 😂 I really want to get a ride on an A310...
YES!! Air transat should be Canada's national airline. Won't happen cause Air Canada has made an offer to buy it. The deal is 99% done. Plus it's a charter Airline
Do we have to pay for food on the plane? Cause there were prices written on your card
Yes, unfortunately food costs extra.
that purple lighting is so cool
Can’t believe I didn’t walk off that plane three shades of purple darker. 😂
@@sanspotter The purple lighting reminds me of Virgin Atlantic
Bummer about the A310 being subbed. I did this flight 3 weeks ago on Dec 14 and it was the A310, and the last bookable A310 domestic flight. I thoroughly enjoyed the A310 ride but the interior was more cramped than a compressed can of sardines. 3-3-3 configurations was horrendous on the space for legs and elbows and I was dying to get off after the short hop to YUL. I can not imagine doing that over the Atlantic.
Yeah, but think of the stories you can tell! I know very few people who have been on an A310, and I’d love to do it transatlantic if given the chance. 😎👍🏻
@@sanspotter Don't get me wrong, I love the A310/A300 and have been lucky to fly on a few of them both transatlantic (AA) and Europe to Middle East and they are superb aircraft when in the 2-4-2 config. Most of those flights also had empty seats so getting a row to yourself was very doable. Kuwait Airways was the absolute best, huge leather chairs from the 90's in economy made for a very pleasurable 6 hour flight to London. I have some trip reports on my channel if you're curios, not very spectacular but gives a sense of the classics. Thanks for the reply.
What’s that intro song??
That was “Tribes” by Qeeo 👍🏻
You should try out the YUL to CDG its the most popular route for the a330
Or if you want a challenge you can do a Québec to paris on the a310
I accept the challenge! 😂 Transatlantic on the A310 sounds really fun - I’d love to do that.
Well i do not suggest to take that a310 long haul its more of a dare
SANspotter - You should! It’s surprisingly cheap and kinda fun. Plus it’s one of the last times you’ll ever get to fly the A310, with Air Transat replacing them with A321neoLRs starting in 2019 through 2021, I believe.
What was the altitude?
According to flightaware, 33,000ft.
Did you have a checked baggage ? Was there a fee?
I didn’t have any checked baggage on this flight thankfully - because there is a $25 fee for it. 👍🏻
Merci e bienvenue a Canada SANspotter
Flying with Air Transat to London (UK) in May on their A310, and having flown it before, I’d give my left leg to get on an A330 instead!
Those A310s won’t be around for much longer though - so enjoy them while you can!
Air Transat looks like a fantastic airline, I want to really fly on their A310. Great video! :)
Thanks! And me too - I can’t imagine the interiors of the A310 are all that nice, but I really want to give it a shot. 😎
They’re slowly being phased out and replace by the a321neo and a321LR
Air Transat lost my luggage on my way to Europe last month. When I arrived, I was told that I would get it the next day, so I was stranded in Europe without my belongs - not even a toothbrush, deodorant or a pair of pajamas - but didn't buy anything. They said my luggage would arrive the next day, and buying stuff would mean that I would have to take it back home too.
But my luggage never arrived. I kept calling the numbers they provided, and no one ever answered. I e-mailed the addresses provided, and STILL haven't received a response. When I was finally able to get a hold of a laptop, I completed a claim form (the form wouldn't submit from a smart phone). The airline ruined my trip. My luggage eventually arrived after 11 days. Days after I had returned home from my trip. When it did arrive, the telescoping handle on my brand new luggage no longer worked - so I have to buy a new suitcase too. I was never refunded the money they charged me to check my baggage. I was never compensated in any way, not even for the stuff I had to buy. I have never received an apology. I've never even been contacted by the airline. WORST. AIRLINE. EVER.
But yes, the purple ambient lighting was pretty.
I never bean on Air Transat but the only planes I bean on are Delta and Westjet
I did a review on an a 330_200 from Philadelphia to Athens Greece. Several snacks and meals. About 9,5 hours. I posted a video on my channel.
It was an hour long flight.....trust me...take them on a longer flight and that whole vote for them to be Canada’s no 1 airline will make you laugh
The legroom though!
Not bad considering I was expecting something far worse!
Btw my dad is one of the bosses of air transat and FYI the A330s are much better than A310s you shouldn’t complain you were lucky.
Matthew Liebman he was in it for the experience. I’m pretty sure anyone would pick an a330 over an a310 tho lol
It could have been worse... They could have downgraded to a Pilatus PC-12 (kidding! I have been on one when Boutique Air was doing SLC-CNY. Was an interesting experience. My wife had only thought she had been on small planes before!)
Actually, I might have enjoyed that more than the A330. 😎 Only if they have good heaters though - it was cold that evening! 🥶
Next time when you are in YYZ T3, go to the International Plaza Premium Lounge. They have showers and a better food selection!
Thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely check it out. 😎
Yep! Spent 6 hours there last time, awesome food selection and view 👌
That landing looked rough. How was a330 compared to the 787?
It was pretty smooth actually - but I much prefer the 787 because of the bigger windows and amazing wing flex. 👀
Seems a huge waste of a flight cycle using such a nice long range plane on a tiny hop
Every time I hear of Air Transat A330s I think of the incident over the North Atlantic when one ran out of gas... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
Exactly, me too - as a matter of fact I just mentioned it to someone else in another reply. A very scary incident!
Seems a little overkill to have such a big plane for a little hop.
Overkill or not it was really fun!
usually these planes are used between toronto and montreal to get them to their hubs. i went london - toronto - montreal on this plane
I went on air transat to Toronto
It’s a good airline! I can’t wait to fly them again. 👍🏻
Air Transat lost my luggage on my way to Europe last month. When I arrived, I was told that I would get it the next day, so I was stranded in Europe without my belongs - not even a toothbrush, deodorant or a pair of pajamas - but didn't buy anything. They said my luggage would arrive the next day, and buying stuff would mean that I would have to take it back home too.
But my luggage never arrived. I kept calling the numbers they provided, and no one ever answered. I e-mailed the addresses provided, and STILL haven't received a response. When I was finally able to get a hold of a laptop, I completed a claim form (the form wouldn't submit from a smart phone). The airline ruined my trip. My luggage eventually arrived after 11 days. Days after I had returned home from my trip. When it did arrive, the telescoping handle on my brand new luggage no longer worked - so I have to buy a new suitcase too. I was never refunded the money they charged me to check my baggage. I was never compensated in any way, not even for the stuff I had to buy. I have never received an apology. I've never even been contacted by the airline. WORST. AIRLINE. EVER.
But yes, the purple ambient lighting was pretty.
To get anything done in Canada, you must first write a strongly worded letter....
I’m up for that. Air Transat deserves more respect I think!
i almost forgot this airline exist
Before this flight, the only thing I thought of when someone said “Air Transat” was that time one of their A330s ran out of fuel 3/4 of the way across the Atlantic (15 years ago maybe?) and pulled off an incredible emergency landing in the Azores.
HaHaHa😂YES HAPPY TO BE AVGEEK 😁 MUSIC 🔥
Haha, now every time I make a video I’m like “I hope Ana likes this music...” 🤔😅
SANspotter 😂
SANspotter HAPPY NEW YEAR BEST WISHES FOR 2019 MY YOUR CHANNEL GROW AND MY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.
Ha! The dreaded 200, better known as Satan's Chariot.
😈😂 It’ll be a happy day when the last CRJ-200 is sent to the scrapyard.
I hope you liked Montréal ❤️i think air Transat is better than air Canada .
Unfortunately I didn’t get to see any of Montreal this time. 🙁 I had a very early flight the next morning to YVR, so I never even left the airport. But yeah, I think I like Air Transat more than Air Canada as well.
And I guess you learnt some french while in Montreal Scott 😁😁😁😁😁
With the help of Google Translate of course. 🤓🇫🇷😂
@@sanspotter J'espère que tu as passé un bon séjour dans la ville où j'habite!
Wow, that is a huge change, last I had heard Air Transat had the worst A330 cabin in the world with a 3-3-3 economy (with a 16 inch wide seat and Spirit like legroom), looks like they went back to the normal 2-4-2 economy layout that most of the rest of the world uses. Have you flown Air Canada, I've heard they are the best airline in North America, full stop?
I’ve heard pretty bad things as well, so that’s why I was really surprised to see how nice that cabin was. 😮 It was far better than any Air Canada aircraft I’ve been in lately (I’ve been in a few), so maybe Air Transat is getting serious about knocking AC off their throne...
That is certainly not the truth about Air Canada. I don't know how they manage these awards.
Air canada sucks
Not at all . Don't know how they manage to get awards
While they do have 3-3-3 seating on all the A330's except this one (C-GTSD is the only 2-4-2 configuration in the fleet), the seat pitch is still 32 inches. This aircraft has the exact same seats and cabin as the rest of the fleet but just one less seat per row. On the rest of the fleet, you really notice the extra seat more in the aisle width and not your own personal space. They're a great longhaul option!
Montreal rocks Air Transat not so much. I just subscribed to your channel. Excellent trip reports. I prefer Air Canada especially business class International.
Thank you! I’m actually really looking forward to trying Air Canada business class - I was hoping to do it on this trip, but I couldn’t find the award space. Oh well - maybe next year!
Corn chips and broccoli, eh? Trust me, no one wanted to six next to you either.
Haha, I know, right? The Plaza Premium Lounge should have called that combo the “lone traveler special”. 🤢😂
Its better than A330 from Air Canada!!!
Totally agreed. I had no idea Air Transat was so nice!
Great video! Air Transat has had its fair share PR nightmares including several safety concerns. The A310s are well past their sell by date. I would fly AC any day over TS.
I don’t care how crusty those A310s are - I’m determined to get a ride on one. 😆😎👍🏻
1st?
You got it! 😎👍🏻
@@sanspotter awesome video, again!
Make sure you get an A330 not an A310
I still wanna get that A310 though - I might have to do another trip. 🤔
@@sanspotter If you want the A310, make sure you download Air Transat's entertainment app on your phone first. They don't have PTVs on that part of the fleet.
their boeinngs are trash though. no leg room or entertainment
I’ve been hearing the same thing from others as well. Makes me all the more curious to try it...