- I'm back to the future.
Yesterday, I was flying C46, Lockheed 188.
Now the Dreamliner.
But this is not good.
My flight has already been delayed.
It's really expensive in Canada, the airfares.
The mask of sorrow
was the best part of Air Canada's new livery.
- Today's flight time to Montreal is about three hours
and 15, three hours and 20 minutes.
- I'm trying out a Riesling from Canada.
- [Flight Attendant] Here's your tuna appetiser.
- This is almost a secret I'm going to show you today.
- [Sam] Yeah, let's go have a look.
- Okay.
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- Back at the Yellow Knife, airport terminal
flying out today, Air Canada to Calgary
and then overnight, next day Calgary to Montreal
on the dream liner.
This got to be the most unique baggage belt.
It's got a polar bear and a seal underneath it.
- [Sam] Three days of classic raw aviation.
Now back to the future,
flying CRJ900 today to Calgary
not too excited after what I've seen
last three days to be honest.
- [Sam] Hey, how are you?
- I'm good, how are you - Good to se you.
Good to see you.
- Come on in.
- So the CRJ900 is quite narrow.
It has one and two sitting in business class
and, two and two sitting in economy.
To my surprise, there's actually a TV screen,
power outlets and even foot rest.
And the overhead bins are large enough to fit a suitcase.
On the left side, there's a smaller bin
to fit your winter clothes.
- [Pilot] We begin our journey to Calgary
expecting smooth flying conditions at 37,000 feet
time en route of one hour and 37 minutes.
Transport Canada still requires all passengers
to wear face covering at all times onboard this aircraft.
(intense music playing)
(upbeat music playing)
- After a nice stop at Calgary
I'm back at the airport flying on Air Canada Dreamliner
today to Montreal.
This is not good.
My flight has already been delayed one hour
which I knew in Canada
there's a lots of flight delays at the moment.
- [Chef] Here you go.
- [Sam] Okay. Thank you
- Sauce for the spring roll? - Okay.
Thank you.
- [Chef] You're welcome.
- [Sam] I just met these two travellers from Canada.
Where are you guys flying to today?
- We're headed to New York through Toronto.
- [Sam] Right.
And what do you think about the air fare in Canada?
- Oh my goodness. Where do we start?
I think, so we're also going to Europe in, in a few months
and I think it's hilarious when
it's cheaper to fly to Europe
than to fly to parts of Canada.
- [Sam] Yeah. Not, not wrong right?
- Even to big parts of Canada
it's not like a small city somewhere.
You fly to Toronto and it costs twice an amount
that it costs for you to fly to Europe.
It's a little bit ridiculous.
- I think Canadians are just too nice
to accept that kind of fare.
- Yeah. I think when you would look at the price
so we'll apologise to them saying,
oh, sorry we have to pay so much.
- How much did you pay your air ticket to Toronto today?
- 600 I think all in,
something like that. - Something like that.
- [Sam] Yeah. It's still expensive.
It's still expensive, yeah.
It's really expensive in Canada, airfares.
Of course there's only one dominating airline.
It's not, you got monopoly right.
And you got a few regional airlines
To me I think the cheapest way travelling to Canada
of course use your miles, star alliance miles
like I did United Airlines miles, 28,000 miles.
If you buy a ticket in business class
that's all going to be over a thousand dollars.
So in terms of lounge
I do think air Canada has a decent lounge.
There's quite a lot of food here.
Burger, slider, pizza, spring roll, real food.
It's not like United Club.
They give you like, you know, celery sticks.
And the mask of sorrow.
I think that mask was the best part
of Air Canada's new livery.
- Hello. Today's flight time to Montreal
is about three hours and 15
three hours and 20 minutes.
We're flight planned at an altitude of 37,000 feet.
But I suspect we'll be climbing straight
up to flight level 390, 39,000 feet.
- [Sam] Do you have a lot of tailwind today?
- It is a good tailwind today.
So we're going to be about 10 to 15 minutes
under schedule to make up for the minor delay
that we had coming in.
So it's, it's a good day for flying.
- [Sam] I'd like to have the veal.
- That's good. Certainly, perfect.
Thank you. - Thank you
- All border, I'm back to the future.
Yesterday I was flying C46, Lockheed 188.
Now the dreamliner
and out of Montreal later
I will connect on Turkish Airlines A350,
mentioned two classic birds, nineteen forties
and now two most advanced and modern aeroplane
Boeing 78 and A350.
- This is almost a secret I'm going to show you today.
- [Sam] Yeah, let's go have a look.
- Okay.
So this is the pilot's crew bunks.
You can see, they have two adjacent beds.
Obviously they don't sleep at the same time.
And if they're not tired,
they have a perfectly comfortable seat
and they can watch a video.
- This is just for pilots, not for a cabin crew.
- [Flight Attendant] That's correct.
(Public announcement)
(bright music playing)
- This one is from Canada.
- [Sam] From Canada? - We like, yes.
We like to promote Canadian wine.
- [Sam] Okay. - Also Canadian products.
I hope you enjoy it.
- We just took off and the whole cabins dimmed
serving food and beverages now
and trying out a Riesling from Canada from Niagara.
Cheers!
- [Sam] So what do we have today for premium economy?
- So tonight we have chicken tagine
or vegetarian paella.
- [Sam] Oh, vegetarian paella.
For economy it is buy on board.
- That's correct.
- [Sam] Okay. No free food.
- No free food.
- [Flight Attendant] Here's your tuna appetiser.
Would you like a bread?
I have white or whole wheat.
- [Sam] I'll have a white one.
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- So the lunch was okay.
It was a bit bland, but nothing goes wrong.
It's actually served course by course
which is better than just everything on one tray right?
So we still have about an hour and a half to go
I'm trying out the flat bed here
it's very similar product to many other airlines
has this super diamond individual seat.
It's good.
The bed is quite long.
The only cons is there's a table on top of your leg,
which may restrict your movement when you turn.
(upbeat music playing)
I just love the view from the engine
can never get tired of that.
Now we're on descent into Montreal, 20 minutes to go.
There's two things I can think of
that's a problem.
One is the expensive airfare.
I am not familiar.
I'm not from Canada.
I don't know it's the population
or it's the government policies
or is it just economics?
Why the airfare is so high, especially domestic fare.
I think in April, I came from Toronto to Montreal.
One way was $400 last minute
for 40 minute flight, it was excessive.
The second thing is about the refunding of COVID
and also any flight delay and flight cancellation.
If you get a voucher, a thousand dollars voucher
a thousand dollars you're paid
the money you paid today is going to be worth less tomorrow.
So the airfare is going up.
So if you get a thousand dollar voucher
it might not buy you the same airfare you have paid.
And that is a major challenge.
That's the only two points
on the generally observation on Air Canada.
- Welcome to Montreal, ladies and gentlemen
you first officer speaking.
I'll just have you stay seated with your seat belts fastened
for the next little bit.
We're not quite at the gate yet.
There's an aeroplane right in front of us here.
Once he's out of the way, we'll proceed to the gate.
Thanks for flying with us today
have a pleasant stay at Montreal.