I Flew Canada's LONGEST Domestic Flight

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Canada's longest domestic flight is a 6 hour hop from one coast to the other - Halifax to Vancouver.
This spans a distance of 4,441km, making it ever so slightly longer than other lengthy domestic routes like St. John's to Calgary.
So, after crossing the country one highly unnecessary way, I decided to “treat” myself to 6 hours on a 737 MAX!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Canada (ACA/AC)
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M)
Flight Number: AC361
Seat: 15F (Economy)
Livery: New (2017)
Engines: 2x CFM LEAP-1B
Registration: C-GELQ
Route: Halifax (YHZ) - Vancouver (YVR)
Callsign: AIR CANADA 361
Runway used: 23 (YHZ) - 26R (YVR)
Date filmed: August 2022
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@MikoDT Год назад

respect for alex's leg through his week, i wonder what else they have been through

@ЭльвираСингатуллина Год назад

Do more long flights pls

@ЭльвираСингатуллина Год назад

Alex do more long flights pls

@ViperBloxxx Месяц назад

We don’t need his legs broken, yeah definitely don’t need that 🥶

@elliottb8704 Год назад

About the observation deck In Halifax YHZ: It used to have a direct view out onto the ramp with only a single pane of glass however the terminal was extended outwards a few years ago. This extension was built around the observation deck hence why it now has a view of inside the terminal instead of directly to the ramp. It really is a shame, as I used to sit in the observation deck for hours at a time when I was a kid. It had a great view before.

@pauleisenhauer6947 Год назад

Going way back the observation deck used to be outside. It cost a dime( I think) to go out there. This was before jetways. Mostly prop planes

@CenTexAviation Год назад

Amazing video! Super interesting to see how this compares to flying only Dash 8s across Canada!

@slukas1375 Год назад

Fun trip - great vid, Alex. Nice to YHZ.. having lived there for nearly 25 years, I always thought it was one of the nicest airports in Canada. Thumbs up from YLW.

@davetschirhart9037 Год назад

Thanks!

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Год назад

it wasn't all that incredibly long ago that there were no direct flights from yhz that went westerly beyond yyz, and that in some instances travelling between the two required a leg involving a turbo-prop 'air canada jazz' on the yul-yhz/yhz-yul segment.

@MTAviationPhotoFilm Год назад

Awesome video Alex. Its cool to see how the engine nacelle strake actually augments the airflow over the leading edge at 4:50

@mancubwwa Год назад

The only arliner (that I know of)with both range and gravel abiliyty to make the proposed St John to Burwash flight would be the soviet Tupolev 154. Good luck getting hands on one of those in decent condition though.

@downeast45 Год назад

Back in the 1980s I flew Calgary to Halifax on an Air Canada DC-8. The flight time was over 6 hours and the crew told me at the time it was their longest domestic flight. In fact the crew had to adhere to international layover regulations on either end of the route.

@9999AWC Год назад

Another great video as always! Also, that takeoff shows just how much runway the MAX needs, felt like forever! In August I was flying to Toronto from Winnipeg with AC. Originally I was supposed to be on an A320 which would've been a nice little nostalgic trip, but the flight was delayed and eventually we were swapped to a MAX (I guess the A320 went mechanical). Interestingly that means I got a free upgrade to a preferred seat :P It was a nice short flight with a cool sunset descent into the clouds!

@alecairpaag Год назад

Well, it was 6 hour long-fuel plus reserves-fllight, so it was quiet heavy.

@brianhackett1024 Год назад

Another great Video Thanks Alex

@chrismilton8792 Год назад

Thanks for this Alex. Going to be on this flight a couple times next year

@nickkarvelas4082 Год назад

Alex you never cease to amaze me how you combine great narrative, super visual aspects and silence with the take offs and landings. Very superb. Please keep up the great work

@devshah5570 Год назад

Halifax airport is one of that airports that makes you feel comfortable. Small but decent. Nevertheless, I have never been to a smaller airport, so unsure how it might be up north or at even smaller airports.

@michaelrmurphy2734 Год назад

Its OK, but not much services. Just Tim's and Burger King. And Starbuck's.

@mingzhong5481 Год назад

It will not be the longest, but I would love to see Alex do a Fort St. John to Saint John to St. John’s flight. I can certainly donate some MLL guest passes for that😊

@colestagg8682 Год назад

That would be good

@dagoose. Год назад

I actually was thinking on going on this flight, as I live in Halifax, but i thought twice after checking that it was operated by a 737

@highinthesky_yt 5 месяцев назад

you are not gonna die bro 💀

@dagoose. 5 месяцев назад

@@highinthesky_yt i didn’t mean that like i was scared of the 737 max, i didn’t like the idea of going on a narrowbody for that long

@highinthesky_yt 5 месяцев назад

@@dagoose. oh ok

@Bigtrection Год назад

As a Halifsx native I'm glad to see you come to the east coast! Amazing trip report!

@richardg8651 Год назад

Damn you are tall ! Just returned from FLL to YUL a flight I often take . This time it was AC not Rouge . I was surprised how much more leg room there was . For a taller person, it made economy class much more comfortable .

@thihal123 Год назад

I’ve taken the Toronto - Vancouver route a few times on twin aisle jet on AC and love it. It’s so much more comfortable on twin aisle jet.

@CarlosEspinoza-ir5oz Год назад

I almost thought of doing Quebec City to Vancouver via YUL and almost thought that was one of the longest stretches across the country

@oopik0059 Год назад

I miss EnRoute too. I wish they still published it.

@davisbyer4791 Год назад

I always choose 15F when I fly on the AC max as well, for the double window. Unlike 15A on the other side, with no window.

@charlesroberts6965 Год назад

Another amazing adventure..my longest flight has been from Toronto to Vancouver but a truly beautiful way to see the country..Having spent most of my time in BC I hope to return one day and enjoy more of your beautiful country. Calgary was a place I truly want to go back to.😊 Thanks for taking us along with you and Merry Christmas to you and your family ⛄🔔🎄

@Scotford_Maconochie Год назад

I once flew AC Vancouver to Toronto in business class. It was an experience.

@Shykai449 Год назад

I've done london to vancouver before and that was 9 hrs... there was 2 free meals i think and i was in the standard economy, not a bad flight though, i just watched a movie, and played a game on my phone. 3 times.

@hexyoutubeaccount Год назад

I flew this leg on westjet in 2016 or something! it's long as hell but still preferable to connecting through pearson imo lmao!!!

@egpx Год назад

I've done a couple of AC MAX flights this year. The first was from Montreal to Vancouver, 3685km, 5hrs 9mins in Business Class. The second was London to Halifax, 4600km, 6hrs 31mins in an Economy Preference seat. Both were excellent flights though the first one was delayed and we missed our connection to Victoria. The transatlantic flight included food and drink and as it was a lightly loaded flight, I was offered two main courses which I accepted! I also had three seats to myself which made it extra comfortable.

@mab0313 Год назад

I wondered if somewhere north up to Vancouver somehow longer than 6 hours?

@wilfstor3078 Год назад

I swear that Leap nearly did a buzzsaw on the takeoff, actually surprised me... Also did not expect a route this absurdly long to be a thing in this country.

@AlexPraglowskiAviation Год назад

Zero derate on that takeoff I'm pretty sure!

@Shellfish824 9 месяцев назад

now fly the longest transatlantic flight.

@deanmartin9014 Год назад

Great video, as always! As someone originally from NS who lives in Vancouver I was delighted when AC started this route. I flew this route in June and again a couple of weeks ago and it is nice to not have to stopover in Calgary, Toronto or Montreal. I booked comfort fare in the summer and really liked having the extra legroom. On my recent flight back I booked a basic economy ticket and I found the non-preferred seats to be too tight for a 6 hour flight so I paid $117 for a preferred seat on the way back. I will now only book comfort fare on this route to save my legs from cramped quarters and from saving my money on paying so much for a preferred seat! I also booked the Chef Jerome meal box for my return flight in the summer and they did not have it so I selected something from their menu. I tried booking the Chef Jerome meal box for my recent return flight and again it was not available. Makes me wonder why they offer it! I paid more then I would have had I just bought a meal on the plane! Great review, Alex :)

@Miftahjaya96 Год назад

nice video friend...safe flight

@danieleregoli812 Год назад

Hey Alex, just reaching out to say that after lurking for a long time on your channel, I've decided to subscribe. Your content is GREAT, and I invariable enjoy your videos, so a BIG thank you!! I hear about the long(er) flights on a 737, and narrow-body comfort vs a wide body. However I must say that as far as the MAX is concerned, the nice Sky Interior coupled to the MUCH quieter cabin makes a ton of difference for me. While I would not mind a long-ish flight on an A320ceo, I would absolutely dread one on a regular 738. Couple of years back we flew out to Cape Verde from Milan on a tightly packed, old 738. That flight was epically miserable, at almost 6 hours of length.... Again, the "ole' faithful" 757 is equally miserable, due to the loud engines. And I've also had miserable flights on 777s (one just last week), and especially so on GE90s powered ones, again because of cabin noise... I think that comfort-wise, what matters most to me is 1) noise levels 2) seat pitch/legroom. I can happily live with the rest.

@christianrobinson3293 Год назад

Finally a blogger that rolls the whole takeoff ! I HATE when they put the stupid music and speed up the take off . That’s always the best part of the video .

@Scott2122232425 Месяц назад

that was a long takeoff roll eh

@DeltaBravoTango Год назад

I'd like there to be a route from St. John to Vancouver, that would be cool right Edit: Just got to the part of the video where you mentioned that lol

@dmitripogosian5084 Год назад

I don't think I've been on 737-MAX yet, since my short hauls in Western Canada are almost exclusively Flair Air in recent couple of years, but my daughter recently visited me in California with Air Canada Vancouver-LAX return on MAX in economy. She is horrified - most cramped flight she has ever been in, small overhead bins. In her words, anything is better.

@derekcox6531 Год назад

Ya couldn’t pay me enough money to fly 6.5 hours on a 737 in economy. Well done sir!

@kesler20219 Год назад

Fort Mc Murray has an observation deck before security at YMM

@sebsaviationyyc Год назад

So does YVR.

@TheModelGuy 5 месяцев назад

Did this flight in 2003 in an A340 stopping in YYZ. Long day followed by a Q300 into Comox.

@andersdrakkar Год назад

Loved the videos Alex! Can’t wait for you to try the YYC to BCN flight later next year. That’s a very special flight for me as it goes from where I live to where I was born and raised-Canadian Mom and Catalan Dad.

@andysorensen1737 Год назад

As for the airline magazine situation, a couple American carriers used the pandemic to cease paper publication of their magazines. Not sure if AC’s going that route or if they’ll be back eventually.

@larrylefebvre2237 Год назад

Thanks Alex, very interesting. Now you have to do the longest non-stop south-north trip. I have flown from Ottawa to Iqaluit, so would qualify as the longest south-north trip for me.

@frankpinmtl Год назад

Anyone remember the observation deck in the old Dorval, back in the day, where you could actually go outside and look over the ramp? Those were the days.

@michaelsullivan3722 Год назад

Yes I do remember the observation deck in YUL. Used to go on the deck back in the 60's when at the airport.

@michaelsullivan3722 Год назад

Remember the TCA Viscount and Vanguard.

@frankpinmtl Год назад

@@michaelsullivan3722 That's just a bit before my time. My old man started working for AC in the early 60's, at YUL. We used to go to the airport and watch the planes from the deck, outside. My first flight was on a DC-8 down to Barbados. Rows 1-15 non smoking, 16-30....smoking section. Lol

@michaelsullivan3722 Год назад

My father worked for AC at the big gray hanger in YUL. He travelled alot.

@frankpinmtl Год назад

@@michaelsullivan3722 Small world. My dad worked at the power plant. You got there by going over the 40 along Cote Vertu. Big brown building on the right hand side. I think it got changed into Kelly Aviation after Hollis Harris convinced everyone they'd keep the jobs...

@lucastimmermans400 9 месяцев назад

10:49 why was that landing so late? a veryy long flare...

@aaronmcallister9563 Год назад

How much was the flight?

@LowsJuan Год назад

I always envied people who could fly home direct from western Canada. Over the last 40 years flying from YEG to YQM the best shortest duration was 7 1/2 hours. If your not careful in your flight choices that can extend to 10 hours. In the summer sometimes AC would fly thru YUL and that would save 50 mins of torture. Now my social connections have dwindled to my birth place I really don't miss sitting in those seat of ill comfort. With DVT you can actually say that they are hazardous to your health.

@daver7465 8 месяцев назад

Last weekend it took me 22h to go YVR-YHZ instead of the planned 9 (via YYC and then unplanned through YYZ), so long or not I’d take this direct flight any day! Thanks for the video!

@ManualFlying Год назад

Unrelated topic. I was inspired by your videos and I am actually looking into YYZ-Halifax-Saint Pierre-Halifax-LHR. I am Interested in going to this little French island, as well as trying out 38M on a longer flight. I noticed the following: 1) one-way trip is so expensive 2) although stuck in a small narrowbody across the Atlantic, the departure and arrival time is very attractive. Instead of arriving bright and early in the morning (as do most North America to European flights are), you arrive in the evening. You get there, eat and sleep the whole night through and be ready to be a tourist the very next day. Some may love the early morning arrival so they get a full day of touring... in my experience, Atlantic flights are too short to get a full night sleep. Typically, you arrive at 5 am or latest 9 am, you are jetlagged, tired, carrying a suitcase everywhere. Cant check in and too tired to go anywhere. So this trip should be interesting!

@sbinalla3319 Год назад

So since you spent a decent amount of time at yhz does mean that there’s a possibility of a yhz plane spotting video coming in the future 👀

@AlexPraglowskiAviation Год назад

Quite a high possibility, yes!

@sbinalla3319 Год назад

@@AlexPraglowskiAviation I can’t wait! Also great video as always

@_MikeCanada Год назад

Just amazing...

@williamharris8367 Год назад

I did not know that AC had any planes with the retro TCA livery -- Thank-you, Alex, for highlighting that.

@aselwyn1 Год назад

yep there was a 319 pre pandemic with it and when that was retired AC put it on a newly delivered A220

@michaelrmurphy2734 Год назад

Its a promotion.

@tristanroy551 Год назад

Alex should do Vancouver to Comox

@PavementPilot Год назад

YLW Kelowna has an observation deck as well, with great lines to both ends of the runway and approaches.

@milesarchibald1114 Год назад

I almost predicted you would take this flight - i was hoping you would take an interesting route back home from YHZ and you did!

@williamharris8367 Год назад

I did the YHZ to YYC flight once or twice. I would not care to do a longer flight (or that trip again). I really hate long flights; I like being able to get off, walk around, get a snack, etc. before continuing.

@michaelleetrini3635 Год назад

Did not know Halifax had an observatory. I can’t wait to take this same flight next week

@Lirrmike Год назад

would you ever do a cross Canada trip by train? Or at least the Canadian from Vancouver to Toronto?

@zanjani13 Год назад

One thing I don't like about the AC 737 Max 8 the regular seats aren't very comfortable for long journeys like my flight from Halifax to Calgary yesterday. Consider upgrading if you're on a 5+ hour flight 👍

@davidreichert9392 Год назад

The second longest domestic flight in Canada is from the City of Halifax to Stanfield Airport.

@michaelrmurphy2734 Год назад

HAHAHA!!! On Halifax Transit in rush hour.

@tristanroy551 Год назад

And great vid I love flying long flights and this great reminder of my Toronto to Seville Spain flight

@williamgriffis8733 Год назад

Another great video Alex. I do like the interior of the Air Canada Max. Loved the dash 8 across Canada. Safe travels!!!!

@donandrobintodd2206 Год назад

Perhaps a trivial point, but AC did have a Vancouver to Halifax service some in the early 2000’s . How long it was in place I don’t remember, however, I did do the Van. To Hal. flight after an extended period of business travel (Hal, Chicago, Van. Comox, Van., Hal.). I really appreciated the direct route home. Love the videos and commentary.

@jaspiness Год назад

I flew Halifax to Vancouver on AC in 2001.

@Jubbable 9 дней назад

I hate flying now. Back when I first started flying you got free meals, a free movie and a larger plane ( 747 or DC 10 for long flights, like Vancouver to Hawaii). There were plenty of washrooms and no lineups for these washrooms. Nowadays nothing is free, you are stuffed into a small jet and there is lineups for the washrooms for the whole flight. A nightmare .

@britodewagner4436 Год назад

Definitely this is not the longest domestic flight in the world. The longest domestic flight in the the world, with a little bit of variation, is made by French carriers Air France, French Bee, Air Austral and Corsair from RUN to CDG/ORY/MRS. And then the US carriers Hawaian Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines from BOS/JFK and (I'm nit sure about this one) EWR to HNL and OGG.

@eatonjask Год назад

Surprised you didn't note that this flight is just one leg of a Vancouver-Halifax-Heathrow-Halifax-Vancouver rotation for these 737 Max aircraft, with YVR-LHR tickets via YHZ available....

@kirk8359 Год назад

Hmm, did I make a mistake? I’m flying this route in Oct 2023 on this plane, preferred seat; love that I can avoid YUL and YYZ. Why are all the comments so negative on the 737 Max though? I’ve been on 100’s of flights, never pay attention to brand or model aircraft. A plane is a plane is a plane; unless its a 747-400, right?

@STMUN Год назад

lol I'm flying Vancouver to Halifax in a few days but got a layover in Toronto 😭 also if you have ridiculous amounts of money and could charter a STOL plane and mid-air refueling, St. Johns, Nfld to Beaver Creek, YT would be easternmost to westernmost flights. And might as well throw in Windsor, ON to Grise Fiord, Nunavut (southernmost airport to northernmost civilian airport)

@dicktiionary Год назад

I frequently fly Nanaimo to Charlottetown ( change of plane usually in yvr and yyz or yul). What I would give for a point to point 6 hour non-stop versus the 12 - 13 hours it usually takes me.

@jaypek43-Phil Год назад

St. John's to Vancouver would be longer!

@aselwyn1 Год назад

no one flys that route though

@robk3005 6 месяцев назад

Great video, but I'd love to see St. John's YYT to Victoria YYJ. Unfortunately I'm not sure if either airport could support the A330 which would be required for that kind of range.

@driver288 Год назад

Actually you can fly Stockholm Arlanda to Tenerife south with RYANAIR and their non reclining seats and measly legroom taking 5,5 hours. So no. 6 hours in a 737 is normal for us Europeans. Likewise there are routes from Scandinavia to Lebanon or Cyprus lasting around 6 hours too.

@marksandstrom4248 Год назад

This is pretty digressive, but as a former Boeing Co. 787 program engineer, I was bemused/aggravated by the political theater of the early D T*&^% administration, when he visited the Boeing South Carolina factory to toot his horn. At that same time, there was lots of talk about new trade barriers, and new restrictions on travel for various non-US groups. The combined implications of those trends to an airplane program like the 787 were obvious to anyone with more than half of a brain - less international travel worldwide, and fewer sales of US domestic-produced aircraft to non-US airlines. If then the 787 were mainly to have been sold to US domestic airlines from that point on, and operated mainly within the US, it would only have been the optimum airplane type for routes like Alaska-Florida non-stop, and service to Guam. Not much potential there.

@tunaismeYT 8 месяцев назад

This reminds me of Sunwing 2381 from yvr to Cancun, my legs were compared to spaghetti, and although I do like Sunwing, there were no screens, limited legroom, and not very ideal service

@shipsinker3052 Год назад

Now that you have mentioned that transatlantic flight to Iceland you should fly it

@tonylam9548 11 месяцев назад

You better stuff yourself in that lounge. Even though it is 6 hours, but Air Canada classify it as a domestic flight, you be lucky to get just a bag of stale peanuts in economy the whole 6 hours. I wondered if the Russians are as bad? Their country is even larger.

@syncmonism 6 месяцев назад

The concept of a 6 or 6 and a half hour direct domestic flight is absolutely foreign to most people. However, aside from Russia and the US, you may be surprised to learn that there are a few countries which have much longer "domestic" flights, because of the overseas territorial holdings that they still have.

@mingzhong5481 Год назад

Actually, SEs do get free food and booze sitting in Air Canada Economy cabins. Of course, SE itself is very expensive. Edit: and you got a second free drink because of your Comfort fare.

@KaliTragus 7 месяцев назад

I tried to fly the YVR-YHZ direction but unfortunately it was cancelled and ended up having to go through Toronto. Oh well.

@JohnAnderson-sq8lt 25 дней назад

I fly to San Jose del Cabo Mexico each winter, 6 hrs 50 min on a 737max 8, I hate that plane!

@savaros1 Год назад

Looks like Halifax to Prince George on the thumbnail, but what the hell kind of flight would that be? I don't know a 6-seater that can make that journey

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 Год назад

I kind of wish they flew some more fitting aircraft for that flight, at some point I get tired of spending that long on a 737 Max 8 or other similar narrow body that don’t usually fly those routes.

@thomasmooreCQ 2 месяца назад

Would you do Halifax to LHR? Maybe compare it to westjet from lgw on return

@sedlo Год назад

Did YVR-YHZ on Westjet’s Frozen plane a few years back. Was overnight, so it helped with getting some sleep in J class.

@robertadams916 Год назад

I would much prefer to fly an A220 or a320neo, or 321 on this route. Anything but the MAX!

@curlergd Год назад

Always informative. Thanks!

@stefbro Год назад

I flew a 737 delta from jfk to San Diego in 2014 found it odd that a 737 was used in such a flight

@machinegunlament Год назад

LOL they usually let me into the Star Alliance lounge without checking my boarding pass at all.

@tidusfantasy Год назад

Can you put yourself in the video please? Everyone wanna see you now. You actually have a faithful following now in this channel

@PenskePC17 8 месяцев назад

I fimd it strange that Canada never really developed the north at all. Its weird there isnt a city with 200k up there somewhere.

@mcfarofinha134 8 месяцев назад

y'know, say what you want about air canada, their livery is damn cool. The racoon eyes really pop

@siemprejove Год назад

How many time flying?

@matthewwarren2549 Год назад

I appreciate that you're a taller flight reviewer, as someone with a 96 cm inseam I can relate with feeling crammed into the plane. Great job!

@N1120A Год назад

There's a few. Noel Philips is 6'4"

@SkyHighGuys Год назад

This must have pushed your legs to the…max. Get it?

@jakewombwell641 6 месяцев назад

Hi Alex you should do the Halifax to London Heathrow route. I believe it's done on a narrow body jet too 😊

@terdog3463 Год назад

Alex I can really thank you for doing all these flights. You're legs must feel like Jello after all that.

@sk-bt1gg Год назад

I wonder which will be better... a321neo or b737max?

@wastedmass4790 Год назад

Now can you fly around the world on only max8s call it 737 Max 8 billion world trip

@LMays-cu2hp Год назад

Thank you for sharing you trip here...And the lounge looked really nice having the views outside!!

@LMays-cu2hp Год назад

Yes, I stand 6'2" and I always go for the upgrade by asking the gate agents. I also tell other friends who are tall like me to always ask for the upgrades for Premium Economy. And I also look for Business Class and I also tell my closet friends to do the same as well. Thank you for sharing this long-haul trip on a small 737 size aircraft.