Air Canada - ACA

...treatment at the hands of Air Canada before I forget the fine, scintillating details... We chose Air Canada for the following reasons: - A stop-over was needed to secure the deal we wanted, and Toronto is a good place to break the flying monotony. - Aside from some random Canadian marines, Canada has no direct military presence or involvement in Iraq which minimises the threat of danger and/or disruption and cancellation caused by terrorist threat. ...
...I'm thinking twice about using Air Canada (particularly via Toronto) again because: - Their ground-staff have redefined the word "inefficiency" (look in the picture dictionary and it's an Air Canada uniform). - My luggage has spent an extraordinary amount of time sitting around in Toronto enjoying the sights while I've been elsewhere. - The current spread of Air Canada operations in the under-refurbishment Toronto Pearson Airport are so convoluted ...

ruth_cole 29.07.2004 · Read full review
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...search for flights, British Airways, Air Canada and American Airlines stood out as being the most keenly priced. As the plans became more developed, American dropped out of the reckoning when both flights were routed through Canada. British Airways did compete well with regard to frequency of flights, but lost out on price. So Air Canada it was then. I had read quite a few reviews on Ciao, Tripadvisor and other such sites before booking in order ...
...made the booking via the Air Canada website. I had been monitoring this site for several months, waiting to see if the price dropped as we got nearer the departure date. This can be a risky business but the site makes it possible to access a seat plan for any given flight and check availability of seats. This makes it possible to play ‘chicken’ a little better and actually have some indication of how popular the flight is, and judge when you want ...

cwestern 08.07.2007 · Read full review
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Air Canada On my recent trip to Toronto from Manchester (sse my review of the Hilton Toronto!), I decided to fly using the direct service form Manchester to Toronto. This direct route operates daily departing Manchester at 11.35 and arriving mid-afternoon. It departs Toronto for the return flight at 10pm arriving back in Manchester mid-morning. During the summer (and peak tourist) months, the airline adjusts its two class system from Business and ...
...I booked using the Air Canada website. As I like to know what I am getting myself into I had done quite a lot of research before hand about Air Canada including the types of planes used and the different classes of service. Having looked around I found the best prices offered on the AC flights were available by booking directly on their website. As with most airlines nowadays, you can check prices and availability and then confirm your seats, adding ...

nickjj78 08.10.2006 · Read full review
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...the misfortune to fly with Air Canada upon leaving Australia, on my way to Hawaii. Misfortune might be too harsh a word but I will let you decide once you have heard about my 10 hour trip with them. [Check-in] We arrived at Sydney airport with plenty of time to check in, at least 3 hours. We departed from Melbourne on a Qantas flight at around 6 am, arriving at 7 am, thus 3 hours for a 10.30 am departure should have been more than sufficient. Because ...
...more happy passengers? But no, Air Canada insist on all passengers forming a line, which snaked from one end of the airport to at least a third of the way down towards the other end ( and Sydney International Airport is HUGE!) Next problem, the US requirements for baggage is 2 check-in bags per passenger. I guess its because we are going to Hawaii, but there were several passengers with huge boxes, not your average removal boxes, but like the boxes ...

petitesquirt 28.02.2003 · Read full review
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...LHR-YUL THE FLIGHT Air Canada has a seat pitch of 33in again more genourous than other 'worlds favourite airlines'. The plane I travelled on was an Airbus A330-300 which was fine apart from AC's colour scheme of 'mucky green' covers on the seats seemed to make it look old and dated. The cabin crew were quite friendly but they seemed to be quite tired looking and a bit more mature looking than other airlines! One major drawback with Air Canada is ...
...and stressed out thanks to Air Canada. I've learnt my lesson the hardway in that it pays to spend a little more and FLY DIRECT!!! Those of you who are still reading this and have'nt fallen asleep by now, my return journey was a totally different ball game as Air Canada played by the rules and it all went like plain sailing!! even though it was a reverse of my outbound flights. More seems alot more easier to get back to the UK! or perhaps they ...

phil2001 18.03.2002 (26.03.2002) · Read full review
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...suffer all the other disadvantages. Air Canada offers a daytime flight from Toronto to London, leaving at 9.am. and landing at 9p.m. It's great because you don't lose a night's sleep, and can go straight to bed when you arrive, and be ready for anything the next day. I only ever fly Air Canada to take advantage of this. I really don't know where to start with the downside. Remember, this is coming from a Canadian, so take any comments I make in ...
...but very inefficient. Except that Air Canada staff seem to have forgotten the friendly bit, and just stick to the inefficient. I do not exaggerate when I say that the most surly service I have ever had on a plane has been with Air Canada - and that includes the low-costs. One example. I was flying with my son, and his headphones didn't work. We alert a flight attendant who basically informs us there is nothing she can do about it. We ask for a new ...

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...report :) 1. Air Canada 1.1 The Fleet 2. The Reservation 3. Intercontinental: Frankfurt – Calgary 3.1. Check In 3.2. Boarding 3.3. The Plane 3.4. The Flight 4. Domestic: Calgary - Vancouver 4.1. Check In 4.2. Boarding 4.3. The Plane 4.4. The Flight 5. Contacts 6. Result 1. AIR CANADA… ~~~~~~~~~~ … is the flag carrier of Canada and also a member of Star Alliance. Thus it offers several flights from Germany as code-share flights with Lufthansa. ...
...Vancouver etc.! Especially in Toronto Air Canada offers numerous connection flights to the USA, Alaska, Canadian destinations etc. Already in 1937 the predecessor of Air Canada, called ‘Trans Canada Airlines’, made the first flight from Vancouver to Seattle. In 1964 the flag carrier of Canada TCA was renamed in Air Canada. The airline was denationalized in 1989. With the assumption of Canada’s second largest airline, Canadian Airlines in 2000, Air ...

Rini 01.04.2004 · Read full review
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...spend time to review it. Air Canada is definitely one airline I would never fly with again. Comfort Firstly, let us start with my departure to Toronto, from Edinburgh, connecting through Frankfurt. Once on my long-haul flight lasting over 8 hours, I sat down in my small economy class seat. Provided was a blanket, and magazines. How considerate. After watching rude flight crew dart up and down the aircraft, we were soon preparing for take-off. ...
...person into that cabin. The air was unpleasant, and the smell of disgusting food filled the air. Entertainment As for in-flight entertainment, we were provided with a small 4” screen, mounted at the front of the cabin. Luckily, I was close to it, so could barely make out what was going on. However, the poor souls a little further back would be quite lost. The movies were mediocre, and they showed Home and Gardening television, along with an hour-long ...

skeet263 11.01.2005 · Read full review
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We choose to fly Air Canada (Aug 2007) from Toronto to LA as it was the national airline. Even though ticket prices were considerably higher than anticipated we choose Air Canada secure in the knowledge that the flight was an international flight and the service, seating etc was as high a standard as any national airline. We were horrified to discover that their ageing aircraft A319 was configured for sardines and way below international standards. ...
...the seams. Were we on Air Nigeria? The trolleys that moved between the aisles had about an inch or two to spare as they completely blocked the passage. Aisle seat passengers could easily loose a toe if not vigilant. Heaven forbid if there was a sudden emergency. The heavily laden trolleys required two attendants to push them along. If you chose to use the toilets at the back you would have to wait for a good 40 minutes. The single toilet in the ...

CanadianTraveller 26.12.2007 · Read full review
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...flown on 6 flights with Air Canada now, 4 being internal Toronto terminal 1 to Winnipeg flights and 2 being Trans-Atlantic between Heathrow terminal 3 and Toronto terminal 1. All these flights I have been on are fantastic in thier level of service and reliability of service in acording to the flights and checking themselves. The first thing I noticed (as i have a taste for wine on journeys) the trans-atlantic flights have free wine for standard class ...
...to my usal experiance with air travel is the late arrival of the plane. The baggage service on the way back was abit weird, through being 1 connecting flight from Winnipeg to London via Toronto with 2 checked baggages following with me. To my surprise one of the two arrived and the other apparently staied in Toronto and missed the flight, this was a dissapointment. After the swift reporting of the baggage, they found it and sent it over on the next ...

djdeag 01.02.2007 · Read full review
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...British Airways flight. Air Canada is simply one of the best airlines I have flown on. Their staff are warm and friendly, their fleet is modern and comfortable and the whole company are a 1st class outfit. They have a website for you to check out too: www.aircanada.com/index.htm When you log on, you will have to make a choice! Canada, for those of you that dont know, (I should hope you all do!) is situated and joined onto USA along its Northern perimeter. ...
...entered service in 1999 and Air Canada was the first North American operator to use the planes. They are medium range airliners which you are most likely to travel back and forth from the UK on. Carrying a total of 272 passengers in comfort during the winter and 292 in the summer. (holiday traffic) Airbus A340 (12 planes) These are long range airliners that you would fly transcontinental on to either the Pacific basin or similarly distant destinations. ...

andycharger 27.09.2001 · Read full review
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I recently flew with Air Canada from Glasgow to Atlanta (via Toronto), and would summarise the good and bad points of Air Canada as follows. On the good side the staff are friendly, the seats comfortable and by the fact that we didn’t have any hassle on any flights say to me that they do their job really well. On the bad side as an international passenger flying Trans-Atlantic if you are going to fly with them then you’re likely to have to go through ...
...pretty promptly after take-off. Indeed Air Canada are not too forthcoming with drinks for most of the flight. Also while my food was okay, my girlfriends’ diabetic meal was pretty uninspiring. Not a bad choice for flying to North America, but try to avoid Toronto Airport if you are going to fly with them. ...

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...Canada and we had flown Air Canada. He died last week and so my mum and I had to fly out to Canada for the funeral etc. We got the phonecall at about 5pm on sunday and so had to find a flight out to Toronto for the next day. British Airways quoted me a price of £2570 roughly EACH for a flexible return ticket. I called up Air Canada and their London office was closed, but it transferred me automatically to their HQ in Canada where I spoke to a very ...
...if you are, then bear Air Canada in mind. I was about to book two of those tickets, but then she found a cheaper fare of about £600 for an open-ended return which my mum needed, and a fixed return for me of £300. Considering that I was booking about 18 hours before we were due to fly out, I am extremely impressed with the results. A big thank you to Air Canada who made a difficult time a lot easier. As to the flights themselves, Air Canada have ...

kenigma 26.04.2001 · Read full review
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...what airline do I use? Air Canada of course. Actually your more forced too. With the demise of Canadian Airlines, Canada 3000, Royal Airlines and with WestJet just starting to expand, Air Canada is almost your only choice when flying in Canada. But even so, Air Canada is truly a very good airline especially compared to others. Lets look into my flights. Domestic (From Calgary to Vancouver) One time I had to fly from Calgary to Vancouver on a business ...
...of me. This maybe because Air Canada offers express check-in where you can check-in electronically at a computer. But since I prefer the old fashion way, I went to the desk. The lady was very friendly and always smiled. She recommended some hotels in Vancouver while in Vancouver. I waited for the plane. It was late 10 minutes by the time we took off. Instructions were shown in English, French and even Japanese. This maybe because of the large number ...

cyclone88 16.11.2002 · Read full review
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...I have flown on 3 Air Canada Flights and every time they were fantastic. The first time I was flying from London Heathrow to Halifax and the flight was very good indeed. it was the first time I had ever flown by myself and experienced no problems at all. we had to walk through executive 1st to get to economy and thought I had walked into a 5 star hotel. The seats were very spacious and there were excellent meals on the main part of the journey ...
...and send it out like some airlines they would not let the passengers on until the plane was spotless. There was good inflight service again on the way back. Air canada are in a league of their own and as far as I am concerned are the best Airline Flying. ...

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