First Air - North Canadian airline
Jun 18, 2019, 11:23 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 153
First Air - North Canadian airline
We had such a wonderful experience with First Air. Flew from Ottawa to Iqaluit in Nunavut and then onward to Pond Inlet. The short flights - 3 hours and 2 hours respectively were amazing with great crew and care. We got 2 beverage services, a fun meal service, a candy service and even a "special drink" service where they provided everyone with hot coffee with Bailey's and whipped cream - all for free (well, included with the price of the ticket). Highly recommend this airline for those traveling into the Arctic!
Jun 18, 2019, 7:20 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: YOW
Programs: AC 75K
Posts: 583
We had such a wonderful experience with First Air. Flew from Ottawa to Iqaluit in Nunavut and then onward to Pond Inlet. The short flights - 3 hours and 2 hours respectively were amazing with great crew and care. We got 2 beverage services, a fun meal service, a candy service and even a "special drink" service where they provided everyone with hot coffee with Bailey's and whipped cream - all for free (well, included with the price of the ticket). Highly recommend this airline for those traveling into the Arctic!
Was there any inflight service on the ATR flight to Pond?
Jun 24, 2019, 3:24 pm
#3
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 153
There was a sandwich from a local restaurant in Iqualit which was excellent as well as beverages and then they came around again with a full size candy bar from Quebec. This was all with only one flight attendant! So much better than domestic USA!
Jul 3, 2019, 8:51 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Iqaluit
Programs: Programs? I don't need no stinking programs
Posts: 1,194
The warm cookies and special coffee seem to have grown a bit scarcer in recent years. Almost all the north-south jet routes (except maybe YRT-YWG? Never really flew that route much) used to have them, but they disappeared off YFB-YUL a while back and they weren't offered on my most recent YZF-YEG flights (on either 7F or 5T) either. It seems like the only route where you are still more or less guaranteed to get the special coffee is southbound YFB-YOW.
Jul 4, 2019, 8:36 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: YOW
Programs: AC E75 / Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 952
The warm cookies and special coffee seem to have grown a bit scarcer in recent years. Almost all the north-south jet routes (except maybe YRT-YWG? Never really flew that route much) used to have them, but they disappeared off YFB-YUL a while back and they weren't offered on my most recent YZF-YEG flights (on either 7F or 5T) either. It seems like the only route where you are still more or less guaranteed to get the special coffee is southbound YFB-YOW.
Jul 4, 2019, 9:43 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Iqaluit
Programs: Programs? I don't need no stinking programs
Posts: 1,194