Review of Air North Charter - Canada flight Whitehorse Vancouver in Economy

Flight 4N 535
Class Economy
Seat 18F
Aircraft Boeing 737-500
Flight time 02:15
Take-off 12 Dec 14, 17:00
Arrival at 12 Dec 14, 19:15
4N 11 reviews
Esteban
By GOLD 2161
Published on 31st December 2014
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Welcome to the continuation of my Yukon adventures.

I landed at 04:20PM in Whitehorse, that would leave me plenty of time to catch my connecting flight. We deboard at the same gate as I took off a few days ago. You then need to clear security to reach the gate to Vancouver.

I was still hoping to fly a 732 as Flightradar was not able to tell me the registration of my plane. Unfortunately it will be a 735 again, at least, not the same registration as my flight from Calgary to Whitehorse. C-GANH is the only 735 fitted with winglets in 4N's fleet. I was not able to take pictures of the plane at YXY as it was too dark but I found this on the net, courtesy of world airlines news.

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Copyright : http://worldairlinenews.com/category/air-north-canada/

Lots of different operators for this bird:


01/09/1993 Braathens LN-BRZ
09/09/1993 Xiamen Airlines B-2592
22/05/2009 Aeroflot-Nord VP-BOQ
01/12/2009 Nordavia Regional Airlines VP-BOQ
31/12/2010 Air North C-GANH

On time boarding and here, two shoots of the boarding area:

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92 occuped seats out of 122, and as I took a seat at the far end of the cabin, I had an empty row to my self. The cabin is similar to my last 4N 735 flight:



Recline is good.

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Behind me I'll have three teenagers going on vacation to YVR that are that excited that they will make quite a lot of noise. That's life ^^

We will have a 20 minutes delay for an unknown reason. Again, due to the delay, the purser made an announcement that the first round of alcoolic drinks will be complementary. I'll finish to wish that all 4N flights are delayed ^^

Winglet:

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As it was free, I could not help and indulged with a rhum:

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Then it is sandwich time, together with crackers. The sandwich was perfect in every way.

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And a warm chocolate cookie to end the meal.

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Now Bonus time!!

This is East-Dawson. A lovely little city, worth to be discovered. The two inclined houses are the must see in Dawson, a bit like their Pisa Tower ^^



That's my friend's B&B, really the place to be in Dawson, organic food and the best coffee in Yukon.



To die for:

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That's my cabin, just behind the coffee, very comfy, the stove has been built by my friend and was absolutely fantastic. I had a lovely stay. The only thing was that the toilets were in the coffee, so I had to bear with the -20° before being able to pee ^^

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Verdict

Air North Charter - Canada

9.0/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew10.0
Entertainment/wifi8.0
Meal/catering10.0

Whitehorse - YXY

10.0/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness10.0

Vancouver - YVR

10.0/10
Efficiency10.0
Access10.0
Services10.0
Cleanliness10.0

Conclusion


Again, Air North did not disapoint me. The catering was good considering it was a North American airline.

Seats were comfortable and the airplane well maintained given its age.

Information on the route Whitehorse (YXY) Vancouver (YVR)

3 Comments

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  • Comment 125541 by
    jetsetpanda 2283 Comments
    Thanks for sharing this FR with a very special bonus.

    Nice and charming room. It feels like a private cave. I like places with personality and Dawson seems to have lots of it.

    It seems that 4N is a pearl of a carrier. Great crew and catering, what else can you ask for as far as inflight service from a North American carrier?
  • Comment 125612 by
    KévinDC TEAM SILVER 6733 Comments
    Thanks for another report showing that this little Canadian carrier has service standards clearly above the North American norm. Free food and booze in coach. It doesn't get better than that!

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