Great to see a relatively new Canadian airline getting off to a good start with new aircraft. Quite a feat I would say under all the limitations and uncertainties of these Covid dominated times. Wish them well and look forward to trying them out myself in Canadian skies soon. Good luck and fly safe Flair.
The Max has really been making a great comeback!!!! Congrats to Boeing and to Flair. Nice to see some more variety arriving within the global skies of the world!
I’m so happy I get to support flair, I tried swoop but they’re basically just cheap westjet. I prefer spending my money on a real low cost airline. I’ve booked about 20 flights with them now!
Glad to hear that Flair seems to be doing well through all of this. Having flown AC and WJ a lot I am very eager to Flair when I come back to Canada later this year.
Flair is a decent airline usually, but I don’t like how they make you pay extra to social distance during the pandemic, so I haven’t flown with them since January 2020.
Looks like you had quite the adventure that day! Flair definitely knows how to celebrate a milestone! It was also awesome recognizing a few fellow Toronto spotters! Excellent trip report Alex! Hope to try Flair myself someday!
@@Fred-O86 I know that it is EXTREMELY late but we got Air Canada, Westjet, Air transat, Flair, Swoop, Lynx, Canada Jetlines, Air north, Canadian North. There might be 1 or 2 more I am forgetting about but this is pretty much it
Certainly not the safest aircraft in the skies. Whilst it’s great to see a new commercial service I won’t be flying that particular model of aircraft for the foreseeable future. Just too much bad news about it.
Another good video. It sure would be nice Alex if you were able to come down to Phoenix next month for the Airliners convention. There is quite a bit to take in.
Flair is now set to be Canada's equivalent of Southwest Airlines. The 737 MAX makes that possible as they have an all Boeing 737 fleet. West Jet, with their new 787-8's, becomes an attractive alternative to Air Canada as well!
Amazing video, glad to see another airline giving us some actual public display events and supporting fly byes etc... If it isn't with out the people, the airline industry doesn't exists. Good to see some companies actually care about building a legacy.
Flair started YVR-SFO flights just over a month ago, and since they had cheap fares at the time I booked them (and scrolling down their Twitter, they run a *lot* of sales and promos not unlike what I used) for a summer weekend in Vancouver which didn't necessitate a larger bag for the overhead bin. Then I typed "Flair Airlines" into the TH-cam searchbox and found this to get an idea of what to expect, which was pretty enjoyable to watch. Even with the cost of a carry-on bag they're still far cheaper than Air Canada, United, or WestJet, especially with insane summer pricing a mere month in advance. I also chose seat 4A not unlike the engine view perspective in the video since the seat selection fee was surprisingly cheap especially for a seat up front. Even their extra legroom seats peak at $36 to select and a United flight I have from SEA in a couple months wants $79 for a Economy Plus seat in an A319 which I found hilarious. The outbound SFO-YVR flight was uneventful (departure was delayed a half hour, but SFO was kinda notorious for slow turns even pre-pandemic and before the understaffing, but we arrived on-time) while the return was delayed 7 hours from a crewing issue and using the crew originally rostered for the BUR flight later that day, which was cancelled to operate YVR-SFO. Shortstaffing leading to delayed or cancelled flights is hardly exclusive to LCCs like Flair right now, and whenever I'd check, Flair undercuts competitors by half or more, so I'd try them again despite the issues, or despite the delays I see on their YEG and YVR flights when they come to SFO.
Great video! I haven’t flown Flair yet but I did fly the Max last week with Air Canada YYZ - YLW and back. I was impressed at how sleek and powerful the aircraft was. It’s beautiful, I’d definitely fly it again and I’m so happy to see Flair flying them too. Great move!
Flair Airlines New Boeing 737 Max 8's will do will on all Canadian Flights 100% Keep Going Alex I hope too see more Aviation Videos from you again very soon.
I am always happy to see more Canadian Airlines starting up and offering transportation options in Canada. I look back fondly on my Career with Wardair and I wish Flair and it’s employees “ Blue Skies”
Took two one way flgihts on Flair 787 Max to Calgary via Toronto. Great if you're just flying with a backpack and looking to get out west for a good price. About 700 round trip isnt bad for inter canadian travel out of Toronto, especially these days
Awesome 👏🏻. I didn’t even know FLAIR Airlines existed until 2 weeks ago when I flew to Kelowna. I shall definitely be using this airline in the future. Thanks for enlightening me! Great video too 🤗👍🏻🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
We booked a flight to Puerto Vallarta Mexico with WestJet January 2022 the price was exactly the same as Air Canada. I would like to see Flair expand there.
I quite like that livery. Also appreciate your vids - as another "tall" flyer, it's helpful to know what I might face in a certain aircraft, if you've flown and shown it, and I'm considering a flight on it.
Great vid as usual, Alex! I always look forward to your trip reports. Just wondering if there is any indication of when meal service will be restored to Canadian airlines. I understand some U.S. airlines, as well as some European airlines, are now offering full meal services. Thanks for this report, and keep them coming! I am now travelling vicariously through trip reports from air travelers like yourself!
Thank you! We're slowly trending that direction, Air Canada recently re-introduced buy-on-board meals for Economy class flights, though you can only reserve them during booking or before the flight. These are typically just cold meal boxes though.
having flown on, and seen both the max and the a220 multiple times a day (atc at yvr here) i have to say i much prefer the a220, you cant beat those massive windows
Hope Flair doesn't fall into the trap others have, by not properly serving the largest market in Canada, Westjet and others have never cracked this market in a meaningful way because they have not had enough aircraft or crews based here. Best of luck Flair, we need the competition.
You mentioned your Cessna flights over Calgary. Look forward to more videos of those flights, like your city tour over Edmonton a year or so ago. How many hours have you accumulated since you got your private license?
“Walking skyscraper” 🤣 !!! Bravo Sir! Also, most of my friends don’t get it, but there is nothing much better then “cloud surfing”!! Maybe one thing, a jump-seat in the flight deck. Back at my City Express (OU) YTZ days, I would usually get that jump-seat. 🙄 why am I telling you this? I’ve seen some of your Cessna flying vids! 🤦♂️ Great work! Cheers 🍻!
I am so glad Flair did not go for the atrocious Acro Ultra slimline seats that are usually found on Spirit and Frontier aircraft. These seats look a bit more bearable for long flights, though I wish they installed adjustable headrests but oh well.
@@Noaddedsalt01 Southwest didn't have rafts on their 737's until they started flying to Hawaii. Even now, only ETOPS rated planes in Southwest's fleet have rafts.
yesterday i travel Toronto to Montreal that was great experience moreover the ticket was very cheap round trip cost only 147 with tax. they provide qualitative service with reasonable price.
As someone who lives in the UK and doesn’t know that much about Flair Airlines, Are they really that bad if they are one of the lowest-rated airlines in North America? Another good video and I agree needs that green inside the cabin.
I have a question, with the whole MCAST software issue (I apologize if I got the name of it wrong), have they taken that software out and replaced it or fixed it? I am assuming this aircraft is safe to fly again but what has been done to make it safe? Either way, I want to fly on that bird and with Flair one day soon! Cheers!
MCAS is now fail safe. The pilots can overcome it more easily. I’d have no issues flying the MAX in a 1st world country with a competent crew. Enjoy your future flight on the Flair 737 MAX. It’s the safest plane in the world.
From one northeastern Pennsylvanian resident, I love success and comeback kid stories like this one for Flair and BOEING. Let’s fly.
Great to see a relatively new Canadian airline getting off to a good start with new aircraft. Quite a feat I would say under all the limitations and uncertainties of these Covid dominated times. Wish them well and look forward to trying them out myself in Canadian skies soon. Good luck and fly safe Flair.
Here is that trip report I've been waiting for, great aircraft for Flair!
@5:57 I have seen that flight attendant before! I saw her on both my flights to Winnipeg from Toronto and back!
The Max has really been making a great comeback!!!! Congrats to Boeing and to Flair. Nice to see some more variety arriving within the global skies of the world!
Great video! That's the coolest inaugural trip report I have ever seen. What a cool show Flair put on.
Amazing video it was great to finally meet you. Hope to see more journeys with you in the future!!
I worked on that aircraft at Boeing in Seattle!
I’m so happy I get to support flair, I tried swoop but they’re basically just cheap westjet. I prefer spending my money on a real low cost airline. I’ve booked about 20 flights with them now!
I've flown on Flair in 2022 to and from Edmonton. Great trip report Alex!
Glad to hear that Flair seems to be doing well through all of this. Having flown AC and WJ a lot I am very eager to Flair when I come back to Canada later this year.
Flair is a decent airline usually, but I don’t like how they make you pay extra to social distance during the pandemic, so I haven’t flown with them since January 2020.
I'm flying with them in 10 days! I'll let ya know how it goes! Will be my first time flying with them EVER.
@@mackenzieb2218 please let me know how it goes! Going from Toronto to Vancouver in august!
It’s a cheap airline, it’s okay if you don’t mind paying for EVERYTHING and can’t afford AC or WS.
The legroom is very tight.
This is a trip report I’ve been waiting for a long time! Excellent report Alex!
Great job capturing a great moment in Canadian Aviation History. Thank you
Looks like you had quite the adventure that day! Flair definitely knows how to celebrate a milestone! It was also awesome recognizing a few fellow Toronto spotters! Excellent trip report Alex! Hope to try Flair myself someday!
Excellent aviation video so far....loved the view outside from the seat window.
Awesome video! Great to meet you at the launch. And thanks for the water cannon footage!
I love trip reports from my man Alex!
Quite literally green aviation, great job flair
Haven’t flown on flair yet but def on the list to try. Thanks for the review !
Glad to see another coming back to the sky! Love the YOW sale going on, means i will see more over my house, it has been too quiet for too long!
I hear you buddy
Yay! So good see this aircraft back flying. Thanks for this!
This is great news for Canadian air travel, we needed more competition. They're going to do exceedingly well with this move.
How many carriers by name does Canada have?
@@Fred-O86 I know that it is EXTREMELY late but we got Air Canada, Westjet, Air transat, Flair, Swoop, Lynx, Canada Jetlines, Air north, Canadian North. There might be 1 or 2 more I am forgetting about but this is pretty much it
@@abheerm.8684 Porter airlines too, they're expanding now with the new Embrareers
Wow. I I can’t believe I’m commenting to years later after I liked it and watched it. I’d like to revisit old videos of yours.
Awesome work Alex! I’m flying on the Flair 73 MAX 8 to Vancouver in July, can’t wait!
Excited to see these birds in Winnipeg
The MAX is probably the safest aircraft in the sky these days! Thanks Alex!
We shall see
Well actually its the 777
Safe like Tesla
Certainly not the safest aircraft in the skies. Whilst it’s great to see a new commercial service I won’t be flying that particular model of aircraft for the foreseeable future. Just too much bad news about it.
I agree. I’d have no reservations to fly on one with a competent crew.
Another good video. It sure would be nice Alex if you were able to come down to Phoenix next month for the Airliners convention. There is quite a bit to take in.
Canadians really need to support Flair and Sunwing!
Canada gained a new national carrier today, as far as I'm concerned! Awesome!
You should post a supercut of all the airside footage!
Check back tomorrow morning! :)
Flair is now set to be Canada's equivalent of Southwest Airlines. The 737 MAX makes that possible as they have an all Boeing 737 fleet. West Jet, with their new 787-8's, becomes an attractive alternative to Air Canada as well!
‘Vertically gifted’. Love it🥰
Amazing video, glad to see another airline giving us some actual public display events and supporting fly byes etc... If it isn't with out the people, the airline industry doesn't exists. Good to see some companies actually care about building a legacy.
Flair started YVR-SFO flights just over a month ago, and since they had cheap fares at the time I booked them (and scrolling down their Twitter, they run a *lot* of sales and promos not unlike what I used) for a summer weekend in Vancouver which didn't necessitate a larger bag for the overhead bin. Then I typed "Flair Airlines" into the TH-cam searchbox and found this to get an idea of what to expect, which was pretty enjoyable to watch.
Even with the cost of a carry-on bag they're still far cheaper than Air Canada, United, or WestJet, especially with insane summer pricing a mere month in advance. I also chose seat 4A not unlike the engine view perspective in the video since the seat selection fee was surprisingly cheap especially for a seat up front. Even their extra legroom seats peak at $36 to select and a United flight I have from SEA in a couple months wants $79 for a Economy Plus seat in an A319 which I found hilarious.
The outbound SFO-YVR flight was uneventful (departure was delayed a half hour, but SFO was kinda notorious for slow turns even pre-pandemic and before the understaffing, but we arrived on-time) while the return was delayed 7 hours from a crewing issue and using the crew originally rostered for the BUR flight later that day, which was cancelled to operate YVR-SFO. Shortstaffing leading to delayed or cancelled flights is hardly exclusive to LCCs like Flair right now, and whenever I'd check, Flair undercuts competitors by half or more, so I'd try them again despite the issues, or despite the delays I see on their YEG and YVR flights when they come to SFO.
Another great video. Thanks again Alex.
Brilliant trip report. It's cool to fly on an inaugural flight.
Yay... MCAS comes to Flair!!
😬
Flair Airlines: Brave or What ™️
Hopefully Flair continues to grow and do not get forced out of business by predatory pricing from AC and WJ. I fly Flair whenever possible.
Great video ! Thx.
Great video! I haven’t flown Flair yet but I did fly the Max last week with Air Canada YYZ - YLW and back. I was impressed at how sleek and powerful the aircraft was. It’s beautiful, I’d definitely fly it again and I’m so happy to see Flair flying them too. Great move!
I love the green color Flair has on their planes.
Awesome Trip Report on Flair Airlines Alex!!!!!!
another great video alex!
I recently went to Abbotsford on the flair 737 max the experience was great, but sadly as you said the inflight entertainment app doesn’t work still
Wow, well done with the trip report! Very much enjoy this!
Another great video! One of my favourite TH-cam (trip report) channels...
Nice! I believe they just launched service from YOW/YEG a few days ago as well. Great to see flair expand their service!
Flair Airlines New Boeing 737 Max 8's will do will on all Canadian Flights 100% Keep Going Alex I hope too see more Aviation Videos from you again very soon.
I am always happy to see more Canadian Airlines starting up and offering transportation options in Canada. I look back fondly on my Career with Wardair and I wish Flair and it’s employees “ Blue Skies”
Amazing work Alex!
Took two one way flgihts on Flair 787 Max to Calgary via Toronto. Great if you're just flying with a backpack and looking to get out west for a good price. About 700 round trip isnt bad for inter canadian travel out of Toronto, especially these days
One is on the ramp now at T3 at YYZ on C38 just got home from working there I also did a Flair onload today
Great video!
I can’t wait to Fly Flair airlines !
Awesome 👏🏻. I didn’t even know FLAIR Airlines existed until 2 weeks ago when I flew to Kelowna. I shall definitely be using this airline in the future. Thanks for enlightening me! Great video too 🤗👍🏻🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
We booked a flight to Puerto Vallarta Mexico with WestJet January 2022 the price was exactly the same as Air Canada. I would like to see Flair expand there.
One of the coolest paint jobs ever.
Now they need a
Canadian Truckers Livery
Great report Alex. I would also need the extra legroom seat to, I'm 6'6".
Nice to see them flying out of Kitchener- Waterloo Airport...:):):)
I quite like that livery. Also appreciate your vids - as another "tall" flyer, it's helpful to know what I might face in a certain aircraft, if you've flown and shown it, and I'm considering a flight on it.
Hey alex! Love your videos! Could you review a cheep swoop flight one day?
I saw that flight take off when I was at baseball
0:10 why does that look like YVR airport
They started service to thunder bay month later with max 8
Great vid as usual, Alex! I always look forward to your trip reports. Just wondering if there is any indication of when meal service will be restored to Canadian airlines. I understand some U.S. airlines, as well as some European airlines, are now offering full meal services. Thanks for this report, and keep them coming! I am now travelling vicariously through trip reports from air travelers like yourself!
Thank you! We're slowly trending that direction, Air Canada recently re-introduced buy-on-board meals for Economy class flights, though you can only reserve them during booking or before the flight. These are typically just cold meal boxes though.
As much as I know it’s probably the safest aircraft in the world now. It would be hard to tell my brain to relax.
Nice report. thank you for that. I with they had adjustable headrests. Are the armrests uncomfortable hard plastic like on air Canada's new seats?
having flown on, and seen both the max and the a220 multiple times a day (atc at yvr here) i have to say i much prefer the a220, you cant beat those massive windows
Beautiful livery! I would love to fly on Flair Airlines but I'm not in Canada.
I like that livery.
Wish them well in theses difficult times👍
Hope Flair doesn't fall into the trap others have, by not properly serving the largest market in Canada, Westjet and others have never cracked this market in a meaningful way because they have not had enough aircraft or crews based here. Best of luck Flair, we need the competition.
What is the standard seat pitch? I love your work, Alex, BTW. Thanks!
Essa pintura ficaria melhor nos E2 da Embraer.
You mentioned your Cessna flights over Calgary. Look forward to more videos of those flights, like your city tour over Edmonton a year or so ago. How many hours have you accumulated since you got your private license?
Hahaha flair.
Will go the way of every new start up low cost carrier in canada.
Vista jet, grey hound, Jetsgo…..
Have fun while it lasts.
Awesome!
did the seats not recline? Just returned from YEG, and the in flight app didn't seem to work at all..
“Walking skyscraper” 🤣 !!! Bravo Sir! Also, most of my friends don’t get it, but there is nothing much better then “cloud surfing”!! Maybe one thing, a jump-seat in the flight deck. Back at my City Express (OU) YTZ days, I would usually get that jump-seat. 🙄 why am I telling you this? I’ve seen some of your Cessna flying vids! 🤦♂️
Great work! Cheers 🍻!
I wish you the best.
Flair has nice livery
How many pieces of flair are the flight attendants required to wear? Do some wear more than the minimum?
Congrats #Flair ! Great review!
Did flair make you have to pay for your seats? Seems like we were forces too.
Luckily you were on the correct side of the plane for the YYZ water salute.
I am so glad Flair did not go for the atrocious Acro Ultra slimline seats that are usually found on Spirit and Frontier aircraft. These seats look a bit more bearable for long flights, though I wish they installed adjustable headrests but oh well.
The beauty of takeoff ✈️ I just can't get enough thrill 😊😊😊
Flair is great. I noticed C-FLEJ had life rafts installed. Could this be potentially a ETOPS rated plane?
Thought most 737s had them, I flew United in 2019 on their -800s and they had them
@@Noaddedsalt01 Southwest didn't have rafts on their 737's until they started flying to Hawaii. Even now, only ETOPS rated planes in Southwest's fleet have rafts.
Let me guess. This is an NZ accent, right? :)
Happy to see a new airline. Not happy to see the 737 Max.
the planes definately happy. 2 showers in 1 day
When will flair do DALLAS ?
Vertically gifted 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow that was a great video! Thanks!
Man these engines are way too forward. How did you feel fyling this MAX after grounding Alex?
yesterday i travel Toronto to Montreal that was great experience moreover the ticket was very cheap round trip cost only 147 with tax. they provide qualitative service with reasonable price.
How full was the flight
As someone who lives in the UK and doesn’t know that much about Flair Airlines, Are they really that bad if they are one of the lowest-rated airlines in North America?
Another good video and I agree needs that green inside the cabin.
I have a question, with the whole MCAST software issue (I apologize if I got the name of it wrong), have they taken that software out and replaced it or fixed it? I am assuming this aircraft is safe to fly again but what has been done to make it safe? Either way, I want to fly on that bird and with Flair one day soon! Cheers!
MCAS is now fail safe. The pilots can overcome it more easily. I’d have no issues flying the MAX in a 1st world country with a competent crew. Enjoy your future flight on the Flair 737 MAX. It’s the safest plane in the world.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q Cheers for the answer!
Ok that guy doing the Flair Announcement has definitely got be from New Zealand lol
Who down votes these awesome videos??
Great prices, but goddam, why did they have to go and buy those antique max's. Brand spanking new antiques. Nice.