Full flight | Air Canada Airbus A330-343 | AC301 Montreal to Vancouver

Welcome to another full flight video from last summer! Join me as I take you onboard Air Canada's Airbus A330-300 with the new cabin on a flight from Montreal to Vancouver!

This is my first time on Air Canada's A330 with the new cabin featuring new products in all classes. C-GKUH is one of eight A330 acquired second-hand from Singapore Airlines which was in the process of replacing its A330 with A350 aircraft. Although I've filmed a full Montreal to Vancouver flight before, this one features different scenery as the aircraft flew on a more northerly route compared to my A220 flight in March 2021, and also in a different season with different ground textures as a result.

This was a very special flight for me as I was in the process of moving permanently from Montreal to Vancouver, leaving behind the majority of my traumatic experiences I've had in the years that I was studying in Montreal. Furthermore, this flight was filmed just a few days after one of my worst mental health crisis I've experienced, and even though flying is very therapeutic for me, I had to take a lot of care and rest before this flight so I don't feel as worse off.

This was my fourth time on an A330 overall, and my first time on it in 12 years. Curiously, on all my previous A330 flights did they involve airlines that have already closed down or merged, which in this case were Cathay Dragon and Northwest Airlines. Key moments in the flight such as the new safety video and the inflight meal are featured, jump to those points using the timeline below.

Filmed on 14 July 2021

Camera: GoPro Hero 8 Black

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Aircraft: Airbus A330-343
Registration: C-GKUH
MSN: 1156
First flight: 16 September 2010 as Singapore Airlines 9V-STR
Delivered to Air Canada: 18 October 2019
Engines: Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60
Configuration: C32W24Y241
Seat: 35K
Callsign: ACA301
Flight time: 4h44m
Departure: Montreal Trudeau International Airport (CYUL/YUL)
scheduled: 07.50 EDT, actual 08.06 EDT
Arrival: Vancouver International Airport (CYVR/YVR)
scheduled: 10.12 PDT, actual 09.49 PDT

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HIGHLIGHTS:
00:00:00 - intro
00:00:10 - boarding at gate 50
00:00:20 - cabin overview
00:00:54 - seat overview
00:01:48 - welcome announcement
00:02:58 - decent recline
00:03:32 - loading of AKE/LD3 containers into the aircraft
00:05:48 - pushback from gate 50
00:08:15 - engine start
00:08:43 - Air Canada new safety video (released in June 2021)
00:10:11 - deploying flaps & slats
00:11:04 - taxi to runway 24L
00:21:33 - takeoff on runway 24L
00:42:38 - CleanCare+ kit distributed
00:45:04 - reached cruise altitude of FL380
00:51:38 - pizza inflight meal
01:02:55 - crossing into Ontario
01:08:07 - step climb to FL400
02:29:36 - crossing into Manitoba
03:00:54 - crossing into Saskatchewan
03:42:56 - crossing into Alberta
04:03:55 - directly over the city of Calgary
04:12:55 - crossing into British Columbia
04:37:22 - descent announcement
04:38:02 - top of descent
04:43:19 - Fraser River valley and some of the wildfires are still visible
04:46:37 - Mount Breakenridge and Harrison Lake
04:54:23 - Indian Arm and Simon Fraser University
04:55:56 - North Vancouver and Grouse Mountain
04:56:25 - West Vancouver, Lions Gate Bridge, and Stanley Park
04:58:18 - Bowen Island and Howe Sound
05:03:46 - landing on runway 08L
05:05:17 - taxi to gate 49
05:11:17 - holding on taxiway due to an aircraft at our assigned gate
05:20:14 - parking at gate 49
05:20:48 - Flightradar24 profiles of our flight