Air Canada - "Best Airline in North America"

gwillie · Post by **gwillie** » 04 Jun 2005, 20:45

By Skytrax:
Air Canada has been ranked as Best Airline in North America

http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/nation ... 50603.html

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/arch ... c7219.html

-now that's an airline to fly on!

A380-800 · Post by **A380-800** » 04 Jun 2005, 21:53

Good news and congratulations to ACA !

Can anybody advise their current fleet by type and quantity
and what they have currently on order (options) ?
Just curious.

rgds,

A380-800

chunk · Post by **chunk** » 06 Jun 2005, 19:59

Aye - fair enough to AC. However the competition isn't exactly fierce is it?!! I know the market is fierce but the standard of service on most NA airlines is god awful - especially internally. Even internationally they lag behind most European / Asian / Middle Eastern airlines in terms of service standard. Only last night I was on a 6hr 10 min flight with AF from cdg to dxb and got served a full meal (egg salad, beef casserole, cheese, yogurt and pear tart with bread rolls), as much red wine as I wanted and a small breakfast of brioche, fromage frais, oj and coffee. Now take the overnight on CO fae Houston to AMS and see what you get - and they are supposed to one of the better ones.....oh and I had a PTV.

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 06 Jun 2005, 20:34

A380-800 wrote:Good news and congratulations to ACA !
Can anybody advise their current fleet by type and quantity
and what they have currently on order (options) ?
Just curious.

rgds,

A380-800

This is about 4 months old
aircraft to be replaced:

8 A330's in service 1999

10 A340's in service 1995

35 767's in service 1989 and up

ArthurQ · Post by **ArthurQ** » 07 Jun 2005, 02:42

And here is what they have on order including options

36 Boeing 777s,
60 Boeing 787 Dreamliners,
90 EMB190 Embraer Jets,
15 EMB175's.

and expanding on what bits44 said

2 Airbus A340-500's,
9 Airbus A340-300's,
8 Airbus A330-300's,
29 Boeing B767-300ER's,
8 Boeing B767-200ER's,
15 Airbus A321-200's,
53 Airbus A320-200's,
47 Airbus A319-100's,
and 25 Bombardier CRJ100's the CRJ are being transferred to the regional carrier Jazz. All the 340s, 330s, and 767 are being replaced over the next 7 years. There is also talk of replacing the narrow body fleet with Boeing's replacement for the 737. That has not been substantiated and is a long way down the road.

Latest info I have they are also hiring up to 600 pilots over the next 2 years.