Review of Air Canada flight Santiago Toronto in Economy

Airline Air Canada
Flight AC93
Class Economy
Seat 25A
Flight time 11:05
Take-off 07 Jun 14, 18:30
Arrival at 08 Jun 14, 05:35
AC   #20 out of 96 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 377 reviews
whitelight44
Published on 25th May 2015
Hi all,

This is an older report from my trip from Santiago to Toronto last year.

Santiago curbside

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Check in hall

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Airside

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TAM departing

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Map of the terminal

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Map of Chile

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Aerial photo of Easter Island

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Our plane

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Boarding

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Push back

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Take off

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Dinner, which was chicken and rice

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Flying above Orlando

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Breakfast, which was pancakes

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Flying above Pittsburgh

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Early morning sunrise and descend to Toronto

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Looking down at the departure airside level

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Long way to the immigration

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Baggage Hall

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Below are some touristic bonus pictures of the city of Valparaiso, which we visited the day before:

Visiting a winery on the way with very cute animals and Lamas

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Valparaiso

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Hope you enjoyed this FR :)



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Verdict

Air Canada

8.3/10
Cabin8.5
Cabin crew8.0
Entertainment/wifi8.5
Meal/catering8.0

Santiago - SCL

8.1/10
Efficiency9.0
Access8.0
Services7.5
Cleanliness8.0

Toronto - YYZ

8.0/10
Efficiency8.0
Access7.5
Services7.5
Cleanliness9.0

Conclusion

Overall a nice and comfortable flight with Air Canada with nice crew and service.

Information on the route Santiago (SCL) Toronto (YYZ)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 3 avis concernant 1 compagnies sur la ligne Santiago (SCL) → Toronto (YYZ).


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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Air Canada avec 7.5/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 10 heures et 41 minutes.

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12 Comments

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  • Comment 137422 by
    Chibcha SILVER 540 Comments
    Seems you went to the airport a while before your due time...did you have a good time in the meanwhile? I found SCL to be a dump.

    How long is that flight? basically one crosses the whole continent! The food looks OK, what about service?

    Nice pictures of Valpo and Viña del Mar!

    Thanks for sharing this FR!
    • Comment 316818 by
      whitelight44 AUTHOR 346 Comments
      Thanks Chibcha. The airport as you said looks a bit dated and old, the check in hall was nicer than the airside. They really should upgrade their furniture.
      The flight was very long, it was 11 hours long but the old cabin of AC 767 are very comfortable so you don't get bothered and the service was good and FA's were very nice :)
  • Comment 137462 by
    SMilano 1284 Comments
    Thanks for sharing with us !

    AC services look like soso... But still correct and much better than cross atlantic flight ^^

    I want to go to Chile ! Maybe next year :)
    Your bonus pictures looks so nice :)

    Wich part did you visit ? Only Santiago ?
  • Comment 137483 by
    padawan SILVER 1996 Comments
    Thank you for this report and the touristic bonus with beautiful colors !
    This is such a looooong red-eye flight :/
  • Comment 137810 by
    NGO85 SILVER 1963 Comments
    Thanks for sharing another retro-report, I know I'm a late arrival!

    The SCL check-in hall looks really nice (unfortunately airside looks like every other airport...).

    TAM departing
    - Rainy tarmacs always make for dramatic photography. Very nice spotting at SCL, H2 (Sky Airline) is a new one for me, but a very interesting livery.

    Map of Chile
    - I thought this was a map of Cuba at first glance given the shape, but then I noticed they just turned the country sideways to make it more print friendly.

    It looks like you had a really old cabin on this plane, old style overhead bins and smaller IFE. But two hot meals is very good service. The breakfast (pancakes) look very 'exploded', lol, too much maple syrup?

    Flying above Pittsburgh
    - You can even see where all the rivers meet in the center, nice shot.

    As always, your reports have very beautiful bonuses. I really want to go to South America, but unfortunately it is not very accessible from northern Asia!
    • Comment 317239 by
      whitelight44 AUTHOR 346 Comments
      Thank you NG085. I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures :)

      Yes, the SCL check in hall is very nice but airside is very old looking.

      Yes, The TAM departure in rain was very interesting.

      The cabin of the plane was very old for sure with old overhead bins. But the seats were very comfortable.

      I wish the pic of Pittsburgh would turn out better but it is still not bad and very cool to see all the three rivers.



  • Comment 138038 by
    KévinDC TEAM SILVER 6668 Comments
    Thanks for this new (old) report with lots of great photos as always. SCL looks pretty nice overall and your spotting there is very nice! It's funny to see 763s with no winglets--not really used to seeing that anymore. Beautiful bonus pics--what a beautiful country. I've been meaning to plan a trip to Chile for a while as I have a good friend that moved to Valparaiso and I want to go down and visit. Your report has inspired me :-)

    Thanks for sharing!
    • Comment 317462 by
      whitelight44 AUTHOR 346 Comments
      Thank you Kevin. I'm glad you liked the pictures. Yes Chile is very nice to visit and I'm sure you will like it :)
      Yes, the 767 with no winglets look very dated but I think most of them do not have it.
  • Comment 138092 by
    Wilmerdon 1 Comments
    Excellent report. I spent nearly an hour just enjoying the pics and a special thanks for those bonus pics they really make a flight-report more context/color! If everyone files reports like this - we won't have time for Facebook and then Mark Z will be forced to buy out Flight-report :))
    I have a bunch of questions but most are already answered by you in response to others' comments.
    1) Did you use a SLR or these are mobile shots? If iPhone/Android, any special app or the default one?
    2) Curbside is almost desolate in SCL. Why? Departure lounge is nearly empty too!??
    3) Were you visiting Chile on work or vacation? (I have been to SCL twice few years back)
    • Comment 317526 by
      whitelight44 AUTHOR 346 Comments
      Thanks so much Wilmerdon. I'm very glad you liked the FR and enjoyed the pictures :)

      1) I use a simple point and shoot camera, which is Sony DSC-WX100. When I take pictures I choose the pop setting under the customized shots menu. Then I slightly change the contrast, saturation and sharpness of each of my pictures, using a free but super wonderful photo editing software that is called Irfanview and you can download it for free online and it's a great software to edit your pictures :)

      2) Yes the airport was not super crowded but I'm not sure why. Maybe since it was a Monday and in middle of the fall season there.

      3) I was visiting Chile, Argentina and Uruguay for vacation. You can see all my other flight reports by clicking on my username and you can check them out. I hope you like them :)

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