FLYING THE SAAB 340B! Pacific Coastal Cranbrook to Vancouver 

There's nothing like a flight over mountains on a sunny day. Especially at lower than 30,000 feet. Thanks for the Cranbrook - Vancouver report.

My two favourite airports, my absolute FAVOURITE airline, and my favourite trip reporter! What could be better?!

The Saab 340 is one of my favorite turboprop planes. I was a Flight Attendant for a Delta Connection Carrier that flew the Saab 340. There was a few things different with the Saab 340s that the Airline I worked for. The last row didn’t have the four Seats across. The lavatory was in the rear of the plane. Also there was a rear facing seat directly to the left of the FA Jumpseat.

I've been on the 340B between Calgary and Lethbridge a few times. It sure beats a 3 hour bus ride. Once we landed in Lethbridge in some really gusty winds. The pilot was practically a super hero the way he got us on the ground. My wife wanted to complain about the maneuvering that went on just prior to touch-down. When we stepped off the plane, and saw for herself how hard the wind was blowing, she changed her tune. IMO, you just can't beat a turbo-prop for regional carriers.

I love YXC, I love SAAB, and the video was great too!

I've been on this exact fligh pre-pandemic, and also did it another time with Pasco on a 1900C back when Cranbrook's airport was even smaller. It's always a nice look at what makes BC so beautiful.

yes...........small airports, turboprops and mountains are magical.........fantastic trip

I always love your reports ! The Saab 340 is beautiful... Happy 2021 to you !

Wow what a stunning route

What an awesome view of downtown Vancouver!! Was hoping there be a longer clip of the approach :) The scenery is spectacular!

Glad to see another review.

Thanks for getting the AirTractors in he background at the Airtanker base!! Love to see them!!

Nice flight, as always. Amazing scenery. ❤️ I’ve only flown Pacific Coastal once, a hop in a 1900C from Vancouver to Victoria. To retrieve my plane which had stranded me a week earlier (dead starter) and fly her home.

I worked the ramp for two years and later flew with them for five years on the 1900, King Air, Shorts 360 and Saab 340. Pasco is an amazing company full of amazing people and I feel very lucky to have been a part of it. Best job I ever had!

Always look forward to your videos Alex, especially this one as I love turboprops. Very professional presentations as well.

Alex, fantastic report, and I agree, I don't mind taking a little longer if I can get a few more destinations along the way. Plus the sights from 15k looks so much more detailed. I once few from Denver to Roswell NM with Mesa Airlines using nothing but regional Beechcraft 1900 along each hop. First from Denver to Colorado Springs with a 40 min stop over in the airport. Then onto Pueblo with a 15 min stop, enough to head into the airport and use the restrooms and then back onto the 1900. Then fly on down to Albuquerque from Pueblo, the longest stretch. Then wait in the Sunport about an hour in ABQ to change planes to Roswell. So in all I went through five terminals and two planes by my count on one ticket one December afternoon. I also managed to go through two new airports I had never been through or would have had a reason to go through. Unfortunately by the time we got to Colorado Springs with some delays out of Denver it was already dark, so I didn't get to see much of the mountains down low. If I had stayed on the plane that took me to Roswell, it flew on down to Hobbs NM as it's final destination that night and then would turn around the next morning and head on back the same way. Mesa stopped this route when they pulled out of Roswell, NM and many other destinations in 2007 after closing down Farmington and Albuquerque NM hubs and several others in the SW when their independent routes were ended. Now Mesa only operates for United Express and American Eagle. Enjoying these great trip reports, and stay safe!

Enjoyed the video. It's been 39 years since I flew in and out of Cranbrook back in my industrial pipefitting days.

I work for Pasco. Great Video! PCZ or Zulu is my favourite plane in the fleet!! Love going to and from YXC. Stunning views! I’m so glad you had a great experience on us, I love to hear that. I look forward to seeing you on board again soon!! If you’re up for a new video idea, We are doing Victoria - Prince George -Victoria and Victoria - Kelowna - Victoria. 3 times a week on the Saab. (Wed-Fri I Think) and these start and finish the day in YVR if that helps. The rest of the week is 1900 service.

Cranbrook area is amazing!!!

Great Video, While watching it the interior colors and layout and the sounds of the flight brought me back to when I first worked at my current airline and started on the Saab. A little digging on C-FPCZ and it turns out it started life with my airline and more than likely I probably logged some hours in her. Great Video with awesome scenery and look forward to more.

Beautiful views and excellent video work!👍🏻

Interesting video. Beautiful scenery!

Love your channel Alex. Looking forward to seeing more great content in 2021!

Another great video Alex, Love the Saab 340.

Excellent footage and the first background music in a flight video that I actually found pleasant. Very good!

Flew a few times on Pacific Coastal; Bella Coola; Campbell River during Central Coast Land & Resource Management Plan process in 2001

Love watching your videos, especially when it’s about turboprops! Saab 340 is super underrated!

used to take cranbrook to calgary to Winnipeg every year since i was a kid. between work and college i haven't flown in 6+ years now and i truely do miss it. a great video to relive some memories, even though it's a different destination.

Brilliant video as always!

Good & old Saab 340! Love this turboprop. Very interesting trip report 👍 Beautiful weather too 😊

The SAAB 340 is a nice little plane. I flew on one many years ago on American Eagle.

my favorite airliner

Looks so beautiful over there the mountains. We only have bush here in Australia. Great video I subscribed

Nice job yet again! Time to get you on a 1900D model up towards Bella Coola ;)

Great video, stunning views!

i love the feeback in the video, awesome stuff

Finally we get another flight review 😊✈️ felt like forever lol

Miss working for PASCO. Good times!

Love regional airports. Keep it coming

Nice looking aircraft! Fun to fly with you, Alex.

My girl ❤ thanks for showing pacific coastal ( my airline)

Fantastic video. I have enjoy it

Love the views.. everytime we flyin to YVR its overcast ☁️ 🙄.. Nice to see what it looks like on a sunny day 😎🤣

Also while I’ve never been a fan of the Canadian Airlines-style livery & font they use, I just love the big British Columbia flag on the aircraft door. :)

Great trip, great report :))

I sorta kinda miss flying on the old Saab 340. I flew the old bird more than a few times from KSUX to KMSP when Northwest was still around. Good little plane and not a bad ride for the ~1 hr flight.

Alex.....the trays for the bulkhead rows are called "bayonet" trays and have little "legs" that fold out and plug into those holes under the armrest. There is a tray for each seat and they are stowed in a small compartment.

Hey Just to let you know WestJet Link operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines is shutting down come October, so if you want to fly the Saab 340 one more time best do it soon. Love the channel by the way

Alex! When back out east, come try Pascan, based out of YHU, and PAL Airlines. Cheers !

Nice music choice before arriving in YVR.

You should do a trip report to Comox (YQQ) it’s a great airport

I’ve always wanted to fly with Pacific Coastal. It’s a shame they don’t fly to YKA anymore (which is where I am). I’d like to see them offer a YYJ-YKA-YXC service or something similar like they did for YLW, but I doubt it would happen. Even just direct service to Victoria would be appreciated. When I was a kid, I flew YVR-YKA-YXC-YYC-YXD on a milk run with Time Air as I lived in Edmonton at the time. That remains the only time I’ve ever flown through YXC. I still remember how lovely the approach to that airport was.

Awesome video

CT7-9B 😍😍😍

Need to fly air north from Whitehouse to inuvik on the atr42

Hi Alex! Your video quality is great! What camera gear are you using? Thx. Dennis

Cool video

Doesn’t pasco fly a few Grumman goose’s oil of Port hardy as well?

i think this is just the best looking prop regional plane, better than atr72/q series type top wing design

I'm going to be taking one of these from Lethbridge to Calgary before transferring to a larger aircraft on the 12th. I'm not going to lie, this one probably has me more nervous than the 373max I'll be on for the final trek out to vancouver. I've never flown before and Turboprops honestly terrify me D';

What song is that at 6:50?

I loved to fly the Saab 340 but I would love even more to fly the Saab 2000 but only like 60 were made

Was it any cheaper going Calgary-Cranbrook-Vancouver or is one way cheaper?

All ex-American Eagle 340's?

Save the Saab they are the only good turboprops we have left

Cool i play Microsoft flight sim and it’s really fun I make videos about it I subscribe like and notifications on peace man! ✌️

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