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It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the Air Canada Express Canadair Regional Jet – 900 series aircraft in business class. There are a few of these floating around in the Air Canada Express system. With a quick two day work trip to Regina, I would end up testing out this particular aircraft type on a brief two hour flight from Vancouver to Regina. Review: Air Canada Express Business Class Canadair Regional… Read More

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the Air Canada Express Canadair Regional Jet – 900 series aircraft in business class. There are a few of these floating around in the Air Canada Express system. With a quick two day work trip to Regina, I would end up testing out this particular aircraft type on a brief two hour flight from Vancouver to Regina. Review: Air Canada Express Business Class Canadair Regional… Read More

My Air Canada business class flight this morning was on Air Canada’s newest short haul aircraft: the Boeing 737 Max 8. The cabin features Air Canada’s newest business class cabin that is designed for function and ease of use. My early morning departure had me relaxing most of the way from Ottawa to Vancouver, along with enjoying an Air Canada breakfast. Come along with me as we test out the features of… Read More

My Air Canada Business Class flight was offered on Air Canada Boeing 787–9 aircraft. This aircraft offered Air Canada’s best Business Class seat that is typically used on international flights. This cabin is marketed as Air Canada Signature Class on some domestic routes. If you’re lucky, you’ll get the opportunity to try out this cabin on a regular domestic route, for around the same price as a regular business class fare. Read… Read More

The British Airways Club Suite has been redesigned, and the airline has extended an invitation to its business class passengers to join. In addition to a few additional aircraft undergoing refurbishment, the British Airways Club Suite product is presently available on their new Airbus 350-1000 series and Boeing 787-10 aircraft. These consist of the Boeing 777-200 and 777-300 ER models. Direct aisle access and a privacy door, features absent from the previous… Read More

British Airways has re-invited their business class product into a newly designed British Airways Club Suite. The British Airways Club Suite product is currently featured on their new Airbus 350-1000 series and Boeing 787-10 aircraft, in addition to select other aircraft that are under refurbishment. These include the Boeing 777-200 ER’s and the Boeing 777-300 ER’s. Each Club Suite offers what had been missing from the old Club World Product; direct aisle… Read More

The Plaza Premium Lounge network operates over sixty lounges under the Plaza Premium Name worldwide. The Plaza Premium Lounges typically offer a consistent lounge experience with a broad food presentation, even when visiting outside of regular meal hours. Today’s travel took me through the Plaza Premium Vancouver International lounge where they have constructed a temporary pop up lounge during their transition to their new Plaza Premium Vancouver International space. How would their… Read More

My final flight on this trip was on Air Canada’s smallest Airbus 300 series aircraft; the Airbus 319. Air Canada only has a few of these Airbus 319’s in the fleet, so it marked a special occassion to have flown them. Despite the smaller size, Air Canada has maintained the same size of business class for this size of cabin. Let’s take a look at what a short haul business class flight looks… Read More

Todays flight was on the backbone of Air Canada’s narrowbody fleet; the Airbus 320-2. Air Canada’s Airbus 320 family has been flying across the country for almost thirty five years with the Airbus 320 being the most popular version of this aircraft. Consistent with the age of this aircraft, the Air Canada Business Class cabin also offers a dated experience. It has been a few years since I’ve sat in this product…. Read More

Our returning flight from San Francisco had us on United Airlines over Air Canada. The flight itself was market as Business Class, but it’s the most bare bones Business Class experience ever. Our international flight over supper hour would only have a bag of popcorn as their primary meal offering, with the pre-departure beverage completely cut from existence. Read on to see what the United Airlines Business Class experience entails for a… Read More

Every now and then, we get a launch of a route that we are really excited about. Air Canada has just announced that they will re-launching their Vancouver to Singapore service for April 4, 2023. This service will link to large Star Alliance hubs belonging to Air Canada and Singapore Airlines in both Vancouver, Canada and Singapore; providing a great deal of connecting traffic between the two cities. Read on to see… Read More

As Air Canada receives more deliveries of their newest narrow body aircraft, the Boeing 737 Max 8, we are starting to see more frequencies using this particular aircraft type on its short haul routes. With a change in aircraft, we were keen to continue to test out it’s Business Class offering. How did the aircraft stand up on our transborder flight between cities on North America’s Western Coast? Review: Air Canada Business… Read More