New Air Canada plane: Embraer 463!
Jun 23, 2017, 7:55 pm
#31
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I still have no idea what an Embraer 463 is.
Jun 24, 2017, 4:42 pm
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Q400 or Embraer463.
I was on YYZ-YQB yesterday.
The gate agent told passengers that we would be on a smaller airplane than normal
Since I knew we were scheduled for a Q400, this caught my attention. Perhaps a Dash8-200 or 100?
She then advised that because it was 'a smaller Embraer', that luggage normally taken on board would not be allowed, and it should be gate checked.
Since I am a gate lice at times. she looked at me and told me to check my bag.
Curious, I queried her. She said it was a 'smaller Embraer.'
Curious further, I asked her. "It's an Embraer 463", she said.
I was quite looking forward to enjoying this new experience.
On board, of course, it was Bombardier Q400. Big disappointment! But apparently, a model of the Q400 that has smaller bins?
Since I don't do regional much, are there actually variations in bin size on the Q400?
And I look forward to one day, voyaging on the Embraer 463!
The gate agent told passengers that we would be on a smaller airplane than normal
Since I knew we were scheduled for a Q400, this caught my attention. Perhaps a Dash8-200 or 100?
She then advised that because it was 'a smaller Embraer', that luggage normally taken on board would not be allowed, and it should be gate checked.
Since I am a gate lice at times. she looked at me and told me to check my bag.
Curious, I queried her. She said it was a 'smaller Embraer.'
Curious further, I asked her. "It's an Embraer 463", she said.
I was quite looking forward to enjoying this new experience.
On board, of course, it was Bombardier Q400. Big disappointment! But apparently, a model of the Q400 that has smaller bins?
Since I don't do regional much, are there actually variations in bin size on the Q400?
And I look forward to one day, voyaging on the Embraer 463!
Jun 24, 2017, 5:58 pm
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Horizon Q400
Horison Airlines, sister of Alaska Airlines, still has a sizeable fleet of Q400's for short haul hops all over the Pacific Northwest and into Canada including my home airport YLW. However, no need to gate-check anything. They provide an "al la carte" service. Simply place your items too large for the bins on a cart before boarding. They are placed into the belly and then returned to you on a cart when you deplane. No need to go to baggage claim.
I can't say about Jazz here, never fly them and I detest the hypocrisy of Westjet so I try to avoid them at all cost.
I can't say about Jazz here, never fly them and I detest the hypocrisy of Westjet so I try to avoid them at all cost.
Jun 25, 2017, 4:33 am
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You may well be right on the number! My info also comes from a GA but I may remember '4' when in fact she said '5'! 
That being said, I can confirm they sometime find their way in the East as I have flown on them at least twice in 2017 between YYZ (or was it YUL?) and YQB.
That being said, I can confirm they sometime find their way in the East as I have flown on them at least twice in 2017 between YYZ (or was it YUL?) and YQB.
