✈️What is it like to fly on Air Canada

I've been to the Canada in 2015. In both cases, the Air Canada was responsible for taking me to the final destination – the first trip was to the region of British Columbia and the second for Toronto e Niagara Falls.

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What is it like to fly on Air Canada — Toronto Airport – Canada

Move-in

The check-in process of Air Canada It's quite fast and organized. In São Paulo, everything is done directly at the window, in the now organized Guarulhos' airport.

At Vancouver and Toronto airports, check-in can be carried out at the totems, printing tickets and even luggage tags in the self-service system. With printed tickets, all that remains is to weigh the bags – without queues – before departing for boarding.

Another facility offered by the company is the check-in through the Air Canada.

The company's flights are available daily departing from São Paulo and a few days a week departing from Rio de Janeiro, at the following times:

From Sao Paulo to Toronto:
Every day – departure at 20:30 / arrival in Toronto: 6:20
From Toronto to Sao Paulo:
Every day – departure at 22:30 / arrival in São Paulo: 9:50
From Rio de Janeiro to Toronto:
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – departure at 20:04 / arrival in Toronto: 5:40
From Toronto to Rio de Janeiro:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – departure at 23:10 / arrival in Rio: 10:25

entertainment on board

The program Air Canada entertainment is enRoute and you can check the entire schedule in advance on the website. Overall, I liked the options for movies (150 titles) and series, which even includes chapters from Netflix's House Of Cards - what contributed to a happier trip?

in addition to all Entertainment visual, 100 music albums of different genres are still available for you to be distracted and still listen to good music!

The system also displays information about the flight on a map, where information about altitude, outside temperature, speed, distance traveled, etc. is available.

The screens are individual and with touch system – a little slow. The seats have a USB charger and electrical outlet. On international flights, headphones were provided free of charge. In the section between Toronto e Vancouver, the headphones were sold for $3,50 Canadian dollars.

A tip: for greater comfort, don't forget to bring your own phone. Apple headphones do not work properly on the plane's audio input.

Connection

Upon arrival in Toronto, if any connection to Vancouver, it is necessary to remove the suitcase from the conveyor belt immediately after immigration. The procedure, however, is not necessary on the return flight – after checking your bags in Vancouver, I removed them only in Guarulhos. Anyway, the process was very smooth, easy and well signposted.

The airplanes

On the stretch between São Paulo and Toronto, I traveled aboard a Boeing 767-300. On the way to Toronto and Vancouver, the plane was a Boeing 777-300 and from Vancouver to Penticton, a Bombardier Dash 8-300 (Air Canada Express / Jazz).

Flights operated by Air Canada Express require even carry-on bags to be checked in due to the size of the aircraft's luggage compartment. Computers and other electronics are removed and must go with the passenger. Only bags and small backpacks are allowed, the rest will continue with checked bags.

Classes are divided into:

International Business Class

With exclusive luxuries and services, International Business Class offers the ultimate in comfort and convenience, with fully flat beds and a refined kitchen to serve passengers. It is available on itineraries: Europe, Asia, Pacific and some South American routes.

Business Class

Available for flights to North America and the Caribbean, it offers comfort with personalized service and backrest with inflight entertainment screens.

Premium Economy Class

With larger seats and more legroom, Premium Economy Class offers better benefits at a lower price. It's a new travel class and you need to see the availability offered on your chosen flight.

Interntional Economy Class

made available on Boeing 787, the class offers complimentary wines, meals and non-alcoholic beverages. With entertainment on demand, the price is more affordable without giving up some benefits.

Economy Class

Available on flights to North America and the Caribbean, the class offers in-flight entertainment with more than 600 hours of content including movies, music and TV shows.

To learn more about the classes offered, visit the website.

Meals and in-flight service

Dinner was served about two hours after takeoff. At the menu, cucumber and tomato salad as a starter and rice with vegetables and steak as a main course, in addition to bread and butter – the second meal option was chicken.

The dessert served was a chocolate mousse and, among the beverage options, there was white and red wine, soda, juice and water. At the end of dinner, drinks were served again, including the option of coffee.

Breakfast started to be served at 6:30 am (Brasilia time). The options were pancakes or omelet, in addition to bread, butter and jam, fruit salad with melon and papaya. To drink, orange or apple juice, tea and coffee.

Miles

For those who use the Smiles program, it is now possible to accumulate and redeem miles on Air Canada flights.

Immigration

On both occasions, the interview with Canadian immigration was very smooth, with usual questions about the duration of the trip, the purpose of the visit and what I do to support myself in España. The entire process was fast and virtually no queues.

Conclusion

Air Canada offers a good quality of service, meals, entertainment and services. It doesn't have the quality differential of Asian airlines, but it serves its purpose well. Flying nonstop to Canada makes all the difference. In my evaluation, note 8.

Flávio traveled at the invitation of Destination Canada.

See too

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