Up front, the 36 business class pods are configured parallel to the aisles. The five new 777-330ERs have three classes.

In the -300ERs, there’s a total of 349 seats – 42 J Class and 307 Y class. The carrier’s original 777s have two-classes, with business class “pods” in a herringbone configuration up front, and 9-across, 32” pitch, economy seating in the back. That might be why the interior configuration of these new planes is very different from the rest of the fleet. There’s been some speculation that these five planes were originally destined for another airline, or perhaps some sort of Air Canada joint-venture that went sour. The airline already had eighteen 777s, split between twelve -300ERs, and six -200LRs, and it was no surprise that Air Canada wanted more of the planes to expand its service. One year ago, Air Canada added the first of five new Boeing 777-300ERs to its fleet. And there happens to be one plane that I’ve stayed away from, until now. Or to figure out what aircraft types or configurations that I want to avoid.

A gradual return of the fleet started in December 2021, with C-FIUJ being the first 777-200LR of Air Canada to operate since grounding.Like so many of us, I try to use the resources out there on the Interwebthingy to figure out what flight I want to take on what airline, and what seats to try to book. As part of these Dreamliner upgrades, all six aircraft received cabin upgrades by June 2016, replacing the original 'Project-XM' seating with new seats and bulkheads similar to the 787 fleet.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 777-200LR fleet was put into temporary storage in early 2020. To standardize the international fleet, this series interior was reconfigured starting in 2015 to a similar style of the Boeing 787 interior, including Premium Economy seating. This fleet was purchased to replace the Airbus A340-300 and part of the Boeing 767-300ER fleet, for service on higher capacity routes. The initial order was for 6 777-200LRs, which remained unchanged. The initial order for this series of aircraft was made in November 2005, alongside an order for Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

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