While Air Canada looks to expand its network, last week the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled that the airline must revise its compensation to passengers who have been denied boarding due to overbooking. Rovinescu, of “focusing significantly on international expansion.”

Air Canada’s fleet upgrade is integral to their strategy, as described by Mr. I also expect that AC’s eight A330-300s will be gone pretty quickly, too. Many of Air Canada’s 767s will be transferred to rouge as the 787s come into the fleet starting early in 2014. So it looks like Air Canada’s future international fleet of 777s and 787s will have a similar configuration. The 787s “will feature a brand new, enhanced version of Air Canada’s award-winning Executive First lie-flat beds and product that has yet to be announced, in addition to Premium Economy and Economy options.” The same press release might give another clue. Photo: Air CanadaĪir Canada has 37 Dreamliners on order, with 15 787-8s and 22 787-9s coming into the fleet. Is this AC’s new “look”? Well, here’s a description from Air Canada’s press release announcing the new planes: “Air Canada’s five new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will provide customers with a refreshed interior colour palette in modern, neutral tones unique to these aircraft pending the official launch of Air Canada’s future in-flight product and cabin design that will be made in conjunction with the introduction of Boeing 787 aircraft into its fleet.”Īrtist’s rendering of a Boeing 787-8 in Air Canada’s colors. “So passengers seem to like the product.” It’s great for AC that they filled the plane, but I think the full load was more likely due to their competitive fare structure and summer demand, versus fliers seeking that exact configuration.Īlso to be noticed the colour scheme is completely different from AC’s existing interiors, which are based on a blue palette.

“The other day, we operated to Paris on 100-per-cent load,” Mr. In a recent earnings call, Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu was pretty happy about the new planes. The new 777 was introduced on AC’s Montreal (YUL) to Paris (CDG) flights.

AC is using new “slimline” leather seats with a slightly increased seat recline of six inches. The configuration has gone from 3-3-3 to 3-4-3 in almost every row – 10 across! The seat width is down from 18.5″ to 17″, and the pitch has dropped by an inch to 31″. Seating capacity has jumped from 307 in AC’s existing -300ERs to 398 in the new planes. Economy Class on Air Canada’s new 777-300ER.

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