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Air Canada Selects Boeing 737 MAX to Renew Mainline Narrowbody Fleet

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Cabin Layout

Interior Specs can be found here https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/fly/onboard/fleet.html







- Window seats may feel narrower to come as the armrests are placed "into" the "curvature" of the cabin.
- Seats with no windows feel even more narrower as there is no space created by the curvature of window.
- All bulkhead seats have very limited legroom.
- Seats 15A, 16A, 16F, 17A and 17F have limited windows.
- Exit rows 19 and 20 have more legroom than regular preferred seats.

Routes

The 737 MAX is designated to replace the A320-series. Based on announcements and schedule updates, the following specific routes will be operated by the 737 MAX in future:

YYZ-LAX (periodic flights)
YYZ-SNN (new route)
YUL-DUB (new route)
YYZ/YUL-KEF (replacing Rouge A319)
YYT-LHR (replacing Mainline A319)
YHZ-LHR (replacing Mainline B767)
Hawaii Routes YVR/YYC (replacing Rouge B767)
Many domestic trunk routes (YYZ, YVR, YUL, YYC) now operated by 7M8, replacing A320 family
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Air Canada Selects Boeing 737 MAX to Renew Mainline Narrowbody Fleet

Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:14 pm
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It's official!!!

AC will order 33 737-8MAX & 28 737-9MAX. They will delivery in beginning 2017.

Congratulations to AC!!!

http://aircanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=727
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by cooleddie
Other than it being slightly narrower, what else is not good with the 737s?
Design of all Boeing aircraft is always missing windows. One spot just before the wing and occasionally one spot aft of the wing.

The narrow seat is the big differentiator, especially on transcon longhaul.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:22 pm
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http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2013-12-...MAX-Commitment

Boeing announcement
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by YYZMIAZRH
American Airlines goes with A320 and AC with the 737, never would have thought it and not happy about it, I love the A320s.
AA did a split orderthey are big enough to make that work.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by YYZMIAZRH
The only thing that scares me is that I am hearing really really negative reports on AA's new 319s.
Understandable ... I flew on one of AA's new 319's in late October just to see, and it was very disappointing indeed. Beautiful new airplane that was unfortunately overstuffed with those horrible plastic-backed Spine Maimer seats. The good news is you now have a nice clear IFE screen in the seat back ... the bad news is you're only sitting about 10 inches away from it. I'm 6'0" and my kneecaps were rubbing the back of the seat ahead of me the entire way from DFW to YYZ. It was horrible.

This, no doubt, is precisely how AC will lay out their new 737s. Hello 28" seat pitch.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Symmetre
Understandable ... I flew on one of AA's new 319's in late October just to see, and it was very disappointing indeed. Beautiful new airplane that was unfortunately overstuffed with those horrible plastic-backed Spine Maimer seats. The good news is you now have a nice clear IFE screen in the seat back ... the bad news is you're only sitting about 10 inches away from it. I'm 6'0" and my kneecaps were rubbing the back of the seat ahead of me the entire way from DFW to YYZ. It was horrible.

This, no doubt, is precisely how AC will lay out their new 737s. Hello 28" seat pitch.
as a frequent AA flyer, this is a very, very sad thing to hear - I'm dreading the 319s coming to YYZMIA. I guess the people who design these cabins either don't ever actually fly in them or just like torturing the traveling public. If these "slimline" cabins become the new norm my new motto will be "you're paying for J or I'm not flying..." and I suspect that is what AC/AA wants.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:03 pm
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Interesting that they are ordering that many 737-9 - it is the equivalent of a 321.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:13 pm
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:14 pm
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Airbus being phased out? Pass the 'Freedom Fries'?

We've been West-jetted. Mickey and all...
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:20 pm
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In moving to 737s I'll have no incentive to fly AC domestically. The choice to fly AC over WS typically for me came down to 18" wide seats on A320s versus the 17" seats on B737.

While I might be disappointed, it's a totally understandable choice by AC given that they likely got a deal that was too good to pass on.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:25 pm
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Get a grip people.

Have you ever flown a medium haul on an LH A321? It is much more about what seats they buy and how they configure the interior than who makes the plane.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:32 pm
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Originally Posted by RatherBeInYOW
Get a grip people.

Have you ever flown a medium haul on an LH A321? It is much more about what seats they buy and how they configure the interior than who makes the plane.
Well Said...

Great move AC! 737MAX 8or9 is a great plane. Looking Forward.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:54 pm
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I've never been a fan of airbus, but I can't argue that they are wider and the seats can be correspondingly wider for 6 across. However, pitch is another matter. I've been on new LH and SK airbus aircraft and the seats are skeletal, with minimal padding, no IFE and short pitch. Notwithstanding the constraint caused by the width, the seats and pitch is the choice of the airline. If AC has shown us its true colours in the 77H, then irrespective of whether they chose boeing or airbus, the pitch will be short.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 6:59 pm
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Cool... new planes!

Are they replacing the entire Jungle fleet? Don't like them much at all.
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Old Dec 11, 2013, 7:06 pm
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Wow. Didn't see this coming.

Congrats to Boeing and AC.

Hopefully still room for C series.
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