Review of Air Canada flight Toronto → Tel Aviv in Economy

INTRODUCTION

After two weeks in Canada, I headed back to Israel.
Here is my experience on the way back from Toronto to Tel Aviv on the Boeing 787-9.

SPOTTING IN YYZ

I started my journey in the Niagara falls, on my way back to Toronto, I looked for a good spotting location, and I found one.

Probably those aircraft are not special, but as an Israeli I found them interesting, since I never saw them in Europe or in Israel.

rental car area

I started my day in the airport in the rental car area.

After I finished with the returning car process, I made my way to the terminal.

YYZ AIRPORT - TERMINAL 1

After 5 minutes of walking, I arrived to the check in area:

Unfortunately, this was (again) self check in area.
Like I mentioned in previous flight reports about my flights in Canada, I had to balance to weight in my suitcases until all of them weighted up to 23kg each.
In Europe and Israel I never had such issue, I could easily send one suitcase with a bit overweight (24-25kg) and the other one with less weight (20-21kg), meaning the average weight will be up to 23kg.

This was very frustrating since we had 3 suitcases, and on each time I had to move items between the suitcases and check their weight after every change.

Fortunately though, I was able to handle this situation!

After it, I made my way to the security area (no photos from this area since it is prohibited).

Some photos during my way to the gates area:

Rainy day in YYZ…

More photo from the long way…

Finally, one hour after I returned the car, I arrived to the shops and dinning area!

The dinning area was pretty cool!
There is a bar, as well as 2-3 places to eat.

I ate hamburger in the dining area, the prices were reasonable for airport.

After I finished the meal, I went to the shops:

The duty free shop was nice, but there were more options for shopping on the airport.

There are more places to eat in the airport, near the terminal gates:

I quite like this concept!

Of course, I must include a toilet review ;)

As you can see, the toilets were clean.

I grab some coffee and photographed aircraft, as I like to do before flights.

Air Canada A330 with Star alliance livery:

Air transat Airbus A321:

I made my way to the gate area, which was a bit crowded:

On my way to the aircraft:

Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER, headed to FRA:

FLIGHT EXPERIENCE - yyz to tlv

Boeing 787-9
C-FVLU
In service since February 2018,
Currently (April 2023) 5 years old, meaning it was approximately 4.5 years old when I flew on it.

Entering to the aircraft:

My seat for this long flight, 36K:

The legroom was good for me, however for taller people, it can be a bit tight.

PSU with personal air vents:

Spotting during taxi:

Air Canada express Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR:

British airways Boeing 787:

Wing view and Elal Boeing 787-8:

Westjet Boeing 737:

United express Embraer E175:

Wing view and Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 and American Airlines Boeing 737:

Westjet Boeing 787-9:

Air Canada rouge Airbus A319:

Air Canada Airbus A330:

Lufthansa Boeing 747-400:

Air Canada Boeing 787s:

Air Canada Boeing 777:

Elal Boeing 787-8 (4X-ERC, the newest aircraft in the fleet):

UPS MD-11!

Wing view before take off:

Take off video:

After take off…

Over Toronto:

Great view outside during sunset:

IFE with the flight map:

More sunset photos:

One hour into the flight, the crew served the first meal:

The meal included: Egg and Potato salad, bread roll, butter, pasta with cream and mushrooms, chocolate cake and a bottle of water.
This meal was tasty, however the main dish (the pasta) was too small for such long flight.

2 and a half hours into the flight, over the Atlantic:

Cabin view:

Snacks area near the galley:

I could choice a meat sandwich or a roll with vegetables, I tried the roll, it was nice but small.

I also went to the toilet:

As you can see, the toilet cleanliness was OK, but could be better. 

The rest of the flight was uneventful and very boring.

I saw flight attendant walking in aisle, and since I sat in the window seat, my fiancee sat next to me, and next to her sat some passenger who slept almost all the flight, we didn't want to interrupt her sleep, so we asked the flight attendant if he can bring us some snack, he refused.
I must say that this behavior was a bit disappointing, since we asked it in a respectable way and we explained the situation.
I requested such things in the past in other airlines, and never got such answer.

Anyway, after 6 hours we were somewhere over Germany\Switzerland border:

Almost 7 hours after take off, the crew served us a snack and drinks:

As I already mentioned, this roll was tasty but small.

Somewhere over Turkey or Greece, 2 hours before landing:

Cabin view:

I like the lightning on the newer Boeing aircraft, it looks very good in my opinion.

Some island:

One hour before landing, the crew served us breakfast. I could choice between pancakes and omelette, I went for the first one.

The breakfast included: Sliced fruits, bread, butter, pancakes and a bottle of water.
The pancakes were tasty, but the fruits were flavorless.

Starting the decent:

Landing video:

Over Israel:

Before touch down…

Cabin view during deboarding:

Premium economy class:

TLV AIRPORT - TERMINAL 3

Starting my way to the passport control and the baggage claim area:

Goodbye C-FVLU!

More photos from the way to the passport control and the baggage claim area:

After the customs control:

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed!

My future flight reports:
TLV-BUD-TLV with Ryan Air (November 2022)
TLV-FCO-TLV with Ryan Air (February 2023)

TLV-PFO-TLV with Elal (operated by SmartWings) on the outbound flight and with Israir (operated by SmartWings probably) on the inbound flight
TLV-PRG-TLV with Elal (Currently the outbound flight by TUS and the inbound flight with Elal, hopefully they won't change it!)