Air Canada has been nicely modernizing its narrow body fleet, taking delivery of Airbus A220s and Boeing 737 MAXs with modern cabins. However, the airline continues to fly Airbus A320s and A321s, which feature more outdated cabins. Fortunately that’s finally changing…
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Wow, new interiors on a 21 year old plane! I'm impressed, Given the age of these aircraft I assume they are scheduling the refits alongside mandated D-checks? Great they went to the trouble to also upgrade the overhead bins and adding all that new tech. I remember when AC announced PTVs at every seat fleet-wide, this was unheard of at the time, look at how far we have come in the past 15 years or so.
What an impressive investment. Here in Western Europe we don't have a single carrier fitting outshort haul aircraft at this level. Still at least that doesn't stop you getting a 5 star rating!
I don't think I've seen any cameras on a narrowbody before, let alone a tail camera. If they wanted to, they could've also enabled the cameras on the 777s.
I really don't get why EU carriers don't confifure their planes with better business class seats like this. I guess there is more low cost competition?
I agree, Imagine getting on a 4+ hour flight from London to Cairo in those crappy seats. Admittedly the F&B is pretty decent in European business but those slimline seats and poor legroom are at best economy plus.
I really don't get why North American carriers don't let elites into lounges on domestic itineraries or serve good food, unlike EU carriers?
So drab, it's high time for some colour in the cabins. And I don't mean that drab green.
Air Canada business class passengers, domestic or international, and even without any elite status, get access to Maple Leaf Lounges. Its only the US carriers that don't allow people into lounges on domestic itineraries
The cameras are a cool addition. Not so sure about the seats though. Usually weight reduction means thinner slimline seats that are less comfortable.
Glad to see the retrofits will include wifi. Scheduled on a MAX 8 next week, and they still didn’t bother to add that amenity.
This may not be the best passenger experience if these seats are the same design and pitch as those in the AC 737 MAX economy cabin. The old seats in the Airbus fleet have better legroom and width.
WOW pretty spiffy there... Anyone remember when individual entertainment screens in every seat back weren't yet "a thing" and we all watched the featured movie on the "Big Screen" with those funky plastic tubing earphones... There was one overhead big screen in each cabin and at the time it was considered a "State of the Art Experience"
Good job Air Canada.
Yup. And I also remember being blown away the first time I saw an individual screen at every seat on Singapore airlines.
They will be larger than those on B737 since the A320/321 has a larger cabin. Not sure of the pitch, but it's fair to say that it will not increase for sure.
The A320 family fuselage is marginally wider, but Air Canada's seats on the A320 and 737 are of identical width. I doubt that will change
AC have 26 321XLRs in order, a newer tranche of A321CEOs, and an all A320 family fleet at Rouge, so keeping the older A320 family aircraft around now, instead of retiring all but the A321s like originally planned, has a great business case. I wouldn't be surprised to see them integrate more 737s, potentially -10s, into the fleet, as the US carriers seem to be doing.