Flying on Air Canada's... Mitsubishi?
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2021
- The Canadair Regional Jet family of aircraft is another one of Bombardier's commercial aircraft programs that was sold off as part of their exiting the commercial aircraft market.
The CRJ program was bought by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, with the deal closing in June of 2020. Let's see what it's like flying on Air Canada Express' Mitsubishi/Bombardier CRJ-900!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Canada Express (ACA/AC)
Aircraft: Mitsubishi/Bombardier CRJ-900 (CRJ9)
Flight Number: AC8722
Seat: 19A
Livery: New (2017)
Engines: 2x GE CF34-8C5
Registration: C-FBJZ
Route: Regina (YQR) - Montreal (YUL)
Callsign: JAZZ 722
Runway used: 31 (YQR) - 06R (YUL)
Date filmed: August 2021
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Uhh... Am I the only one noticing this guy at 8:47 ? He sure is working hard xD
The exit rows have no window shade so that they can be looked out and checked for danger ASAP during an evacuation
I had another reason but this one is also quite plausible
@@9Y-PRI_Aviation what did you think of?
@@sondremathias8984 I thought the reason behind the no window shades was so that light can easily pass through in an emergency, making it a bit easier to locate the emergency exits rather than if they had window shades, they might be slam shut in a crash landing, making it harder to identify
@@9Y-PRI_Aviation Okay. Thank you for your answer. Yeah I absolutely think that this can be the case. I’m kind of new to this topic so i’m not going to guess something myself. But I think you have some good points 👍🏻
I think there’s just no space to put in a shade mechanism
8:30 The Casual Air Creebec lol
I was on a CRJ-900 recently from Munich to Wroclaw. I had the emergency exit seat. The leg space was unbelievable! More than on any other plane that I could remember.
5:30 lol. I think one of the reasons behind the no window shades is in case of an emergency during the day, the window shades will not slam shut and block the light from coming through. The light coming through can help survivors find the exit row more swiftly
Bombardier sounds so good tho. welp
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Pretty cool that you flew over the factory that built your plane at 6:48.
On the Left hand side when exiting the runway.
@@georgewyatt2924 The Challenger, Global Express and the original CRJ200s were made in Dorval, they relocated to Mirabel for the longer CRJ 900s and 1000s
They still operate it as "Airbus Canada" and assemble some Airbus models there right?
@@ljpr360 At the moment only A220s is being built there.
@@ljpr360 Yes, that's the A220 plant in Mirabel
“Dragged my head along the ceiling to my exit row seat”
This plane will always be a Bombardier to me.
Thanks for the video! Great Job! First time flyer here for upcoming trip. Love watching your video to calm my nerves. Will be flying on one of these.
I never get tired of your videos well done well prepared. Keep up the great work.
Oh my...I've been on this route (YYC-YQR) many times (in-law's in Yorkton). Gotta appreciate the "bustling" Regina airport. Thanks for sharing. This plane quickly became my favorite. Although I love the Dash-8's, the CRJs are always quiet and comfortable. I'm 6'5" and I've got plenty of legroom in any row. I do find the seat bottoms a bit flat, if not sloped downward which feels like I'm sliding down toward the floor.
good to know about the leg room the video was nice but not everyone will find the exit seats available
It is always a treat to watch your videos....thanks!
I was training at Regina during the summer!
Cool to see in UA-cam. Also I love those T-tails
During Bombarider's first brush with Bankruptcy after 9-11, it was bailed out by the Beaudoin family (descendants of Armand Bombardier) who bought the recreational prducts division (the original Bombardier) from Bombardier Inc. The family that created the company were not allowed to use the "Bombardier" branding, so what used to be Bombardier is now BRP.
When Longview/Viking Air bought (progressively) all the ex deHavilland products from Bombardier, there was no branding problem because Bombardeir had bad reputation of abandonning these products (sucy as Twin Otter which Viking restarted), and the Dash-8 which Bombardier saw no future anymore since it was so focus on C-Series only. The water bombers had remained well known aroudn the wrld as "Canadairs" (like Q-Tips).
so when Viking got them, there was no need to use "Bombardier".
I have to assume that the name change for the CRJs is also due to legal requirement to stop using the Bombardier brand. Also, MHI wants to establish its name in the industry (which is why it bought the CRJ to get contacts within aviation industry) so would explain push to get airlines to use the Mitsubishi brand for CRJs.
Nitpick: MHI did get "sales" but that refers mostly to parts and used/leased aircraft. They did not get anyt production capacity. Prior to transaction closing Bombardier delivered the last new CRJ and closed production line. The hangars at Mirabel were set to be sold to IArbus so it could increase C-Series production. Not sure if this happened. But MHI did not buy any capacity to build new ones.
The one remaining question is what happens to the "Bombardier" name when what is left of Bombardier sells its remaining 2 private jets (Challenger and Global 7500) to anothetr company and folds. Will the name go back to the Beaudoin family and they can rename BRP back to Bombardier focused only on recrational products?
I thought this was a *Canadair* Regional Jet. Does no one remember Canadair??
Yes. The original govt money bloodsucker.
I do. As a South African. Flew in one in 2002. Canadair Expressjet.
Man I thought they were a crappy regional jet
I do. Candair instead of a stupid name like Mitsubishi
Air Canada has probably one of the best CRJ-900 economy cabins out there. Yes the IFE screens are old, but they still function, and the seats are quite comfortable and well padded. I have done the YYC - IAH route on one of these and found them to be nicer than the United 737 aircraft.
Even the CRJ-200 on Air Canada isn't shabby compared to other airlines. I say this even after having to wait an extra hou and a half inside a CRJ-200 just for ground crew to arrive and put the bags in the plane.
I have done that route several times on both, and yes, they are the preferable option
@@thecaynuck4694 I agree. I'd rather do the CRJ-200 of AC any day over the United A320 fleet, which are fitted with those Recaro slimline. I get that the CRJ is a smaller aircraft but once you're in the seat, it doesn't feel all that cramped.
@@thecaynuck4694Looks like a replacement for the DC-9.
Awesome flight onboard CRJ900 C-FBJZ I do love the CRJ900s
Great views ! Thanks
Great review, thank you!
i've been one these ones a few times. i was going home from KORD to CYVR and crossed the border and was home.
i just love my "free drinks available for purchase"
Flew the type for 2years and a half for the express carrier. Amazing plane
Thanks for this. I will be on one in a few months and although I would have preferred a turboprop for the experience, at least I know what to expect and that I didn't pick the wrong seats.
Talking about old names, I remember flying on those many times when they were Bombardier CRJ-705s
6:00 Row 27 also doesn't have windows. I know this from personal experience on a flight from Winnipeg to Calgary. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day ruined lol.
My favorite is the A seats in the business class. There is no B seat next to them, so they are like business jet seats.
I like the CR-J’s! Flew them on United regional flights years ago.
I have enjoyed your videos this year Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and your family 🇳🇿🎄🎁🎄🎁🇳🇿
On till Mitsubishi produces them it will be a Bombardier. Just like the deHavilland Beaver, Viking has had the type certificate for years and it’s still know as the deHavilland Beaver.
The newer cabins on these crjs actually make these planes preferable to ac’s a321s
speaking from experience, a Rouge A321 from tampa to toronto was honestly the worst flight i've ever had abd I've run the gammit on shit flight such a flight were i got an entire row of seats to myself still being worse than an utterly packed LOT 787 from Toronto to Warsaw largely cause of the utter lack of IFE poor meal service (not free btw) and little to no drink service.
I like the CRJ 900 between Vancouver and Regina
I was the last person on a flight from LaGuardia to Minneapolis due to a COVID test fiasco back in September. I feel for you Alex.
I will be flying Air Canada's CRJ-200 from IND to YVR in July in the exit row. Rather looking forward to it as I will then be on my way to Manchester, UK.
Visited Calgary at some point with my family so we guys flew on westjet directly from Toronto to Calgary and it was a 737 max as well. New livery.
My aunt flew from Toronto to Regina in one of these aircraft on December 17, it was weird, when the aircraft she travelled on was called a Mitsubishi I was like wth 😂
1:14 I am Canadian and I approve this message
I vote call it by who made it not by who carries the parts catalog.
last time i was the last one on the plane was because westjets porter pushing me in a wheelchair stopped to talk to every westjet employee allong the way. however it kind of worked out as we still had to circle while they plowed the landing runway anyways so being the last flight of the day spend a bit more time on the ground or circle more wither way they would have had to wait
Another great one! 👍 BTW, I would have added a comment about the name change but you beat me to it 🤣 although I would’ve gone as far as the one you showed! 😇
I flew an Air Canada CRJ200 between Regina and Vancouver once. While the legroom was fine, I found the abreast room to be extremely tight. (FWIW, not sure why, but I also find Westjet's 737 configuration tightly awkward)
Since then I've avoided any itinerary with a CRJ - I'll take a a Dash 8-300 (or guess now Q400) if need to be.
Flew one of these from Calgary to Chicago. Awesome plane. Boooombardier….
I love the CRJ, Whenever I can fly it I choose it, seats feel so much more comfy and spaced out.
Yep! As long as it’s NOT the -200, I flew YYZ-YTH a few years ago, 2h10m on a -200 is good way to induce poor blood circulation in your legs…. 🤣
@@jamesmctavish639 normally the 900 air canada that I've taken from ywg to either yyc or yvr
First person I"ve EVER heard say they love the CRJ
@@johniii8147 when you mostly fly the q400...
For me it's a Mitsubishi. At least until Quebec allows the Energy East pipeline to be built.
3hrs on a CRJ is np, it does .70 and is above the bumps. better than 1hr in a 1900c
Hey Alex! Finally! was waiting to see the 2nd part of ur trip from YYC! great video (as always!!!) and I learnt something new --- i didnt know that Bombardier had sold off the CRJ fleet to Mitsubishi!!! go figure!!! after ur review, ill try to book a trip on one m'self! question for u ---- on approach into YUL, was that Mirabel airport that u flew over ????? and as always, thanks much for another awesome trip review!!! PLEASE keep 'em coming! All the very best to u and yours for 2022! cheers bro,
Yes, it was Mirabel! Thanks so much :)
I fly on this plane 2x a week for work. Pretty decent plane
Couldn't believe it when I saw that the flight number is actually the same as my home address🤣🤣
As an American, I still call it a Bombardier CRJ- they built the aircraft. Now if I come back to Canada sometime soon with a chance to fly on one, I would want to take AC Express with the IFE onboard.
I always wondered why you called them Mitsubishi CRJ900's in the spotting videos because I always knew they were from Bombardier, well now I know why, thanks for explaining
Yea, but that's wrong. Mitsubushi hasn't built any. So they're still Bombardier.
@@lorenzoFCIM1908 True. I actually prefer saying Bombardier over Mitsubishi
My friends Japanese grandpa used to fly Mitsubishis.
Sorry not sorry! Me like most americans, we always laugh at the way Canadians pronounce Regina.
It makes me laugh every time LOL
I be flying on crj 900 to Toronto next month july 10
One flew over my area once, and I was like wtf when I saw the name change
Well done. Any freebies from AC for this video?
I've flown on this one too
Flying J on the Mitsubishi 900LR with AC is actually pretty comfortable!
at 7:22 you can see a thomas cook 757 i thought they ceased operations no?
How do you get informed as to what runway you are landing on?
This deal must have been a busy (and lucrative) time for French-Japanese translators!
I laughed so hard at Dave Chappelle's meme. I even read it in his voice!
Was that a belstaff bag under the seat in front of you?
2:13 that's me fueling that Q-400!
Flew on a westjet encore dash 8400 bombardier one day from Calgary to Edmonton the flight was. It was westjet ws 3143 flight #. The aircraft is good. Service is good. As well a 1 hour flight so they never serve anything except water so that's how.
In Germany CRJ's are called "Angströhre", which translates to "Terror Tube" or "Fear Tube" due to their cramped space.
I wonder if my type rating still works with the new name 😁
Ah, Regina. The Canadian city that gave its name to a Swedish electric train, despite Regina itself not having electrified rail. Bombardier built six sligthly different variants for Swedish regional transit agencies and trans-regional train partnerships.
I think the CRJ was going to be rebranded as SpaceJet, but it didn't quite sell under Mitsubishi ownership, only exasterbated by the pandemic. So MHI quietly discontinued the program during or after the pandemic.
Great video! I wonder if AC plans to phase out the PTV's on their CRJ's.. Your aircraft was one of the earlier examples Jazz received in the mid-2000's... back then they were known as CRJ-705's and flew fairly long distance flights like KIAH-CYYZ and KORD-CYVR... recently though, all the older models have been re-identified as CRJ-900's. Through Jazz Aviation has since been taking deliveries of new examples of the -900 since about 2016, only a handful of their "NextGen" models have the IFE system... all of the ones delivered in the last couple of years have the same seats and layout, but lack the IFE.. I'm hoping they either install IFE on the newest models they have or try and assign the shorter flights to those jets. for right now it really is inconsistent and it seems like you lucked out my friend! Cheers!
I flew on one of their CRJ-900LR's last week (C-FJGZ) that was only a year old and it was one that didn't have any IFE. They were running it on a route from Vancouver-Calgary-Winnipeg and back again.
The 900's taken from Skywest had no IFE and I don't think they plan to install new ones. Not sure about the next gen series. Westjet's 737 max's don't have IFE while AC does so I thought AC would want all their aircraft to have that perk. I guess not.
Sorry I still stand by that it should still be referred to as a Bombardier CRJ since it was built under Bombardier and not Mitsubishi the same way you would not call a DC-10, MD-11, MD-88 (ok all mostly retired but you can get the point) a Boeing ____ . Last Christmas we ended up flying 4 hours on a American Airlines CRJ700 operated by Skywest which was originally supposed to be a A319. Even in first class 4 hours is too long in a CRJ especially with not IFE and no working wi-fi.
McDonel Douglass was purchsed by Boeing, Boeing owns the "McD" trademark so you could theoretically still call its McD DC-10.
Mitsubishi only bought the rights to the CRJ product line, a dead/retired product, it did not buy the rights to use "Bombardier" name.
Bombardier had stopped new sales of CRJs (since it was focusing on C-Series) and ceased production of the last orders before transaction to Mitsibishi.
I so got used to fast wifi in the 1960s. Can't do without. 😂😊
At least the safety card remembers it's real name.
I refuses to call it a Mitsubishi... It will always be the CRJ.
I do miss the Jazz CRJ9 Flight from Calgary to Houston. I was hoping to get on it. But then COVID happened, now I have to wait. Lol
And I refuse to call the CSeries the A220.
Calgary to Houston should be restarting in the new year :)
So what’s left of Bombarder? Trains are sold to Alstom, commercial planes went to Airbus, De Havilland and Mitsubishi. All that’s left is a few private jets. Are they restructuring debt so they can bounce back or are the executives liquidating everything and running away?
It’s what happens when you make an utter and total mess of developing a (for the company) very big project. It doesn’t matter how good the product is, if you run out of money and lose the confidence of the market doing the development your done for.
@@ATH_Berkshire you mean lose the market via an unscrupulous Boeing that is the last attempt to end the Canadian aircraft industry because we are at the end
Always enjoy your videos. Miss flying due to Covid. Incidentally, I worked in that AC hangar for a while a number of years ago. I commuted between YYZ and YUL. Good times.
Wait, what? DE Haviland is back?
Avro Arrow-gone. C Series is now a Airbus 220. CRJ now a Mitsubishi. Not a very good track record for our Canadian aviation industry.
I just booked 19 A&B. Based on ur review. Seat guru is not that great on this aircraft. It shows the seat behind as a better option. They look the same ?
Oh what engines eh, oh wow.
I think some people call it crj cuz it sounds good
I’m used to calling the CRJ the Bombardier CRJ
I love these RJs -- quick boarding/unboarding, comfy and whether it's a CRJ or MRJ or whatever it's going to be called, it's a peach!
Also flew on air canada. The aircraft was different flew on a embraer 175. The flight was from New York JFK to Toronto YYZ. Air Canada AC 8555. Flight #.
Looks like a replacement for the DC-9.
"...So despite it being 3 hours on the CRJ..." It seems to me that 3 hours from Regina to Montreal is the going rate for any commercial Airliner
Ontario is huge! It's so easy to forget that.
Awesome report on the CRJ, bro. One of my favorite aircraft to fly on
It's a crime! Mitsubishi!?!?!?!? Hate that the Gov't bailed out Bombardier only to sell out!!! Aviation in Canada has a rich history. I can't call them Mitsubishi. Never will...yes, I'm stubborn and grumpy before you ask!
To me this beautiful aircraft will always remain a Bombardier. Not a damn car name.
nobody tell him about the honda jet
@@alexm566 Or Zero fighters from WWII?
Yeah, and not a car manufacturer with soft engine parts that go all gooey and blow up at high RPM. Please not that name.
If that wing camera was on the other side you would have seen me haha
Re: last to board: happened to me twice.
Once in 1990: person with mega problems at check-in made me very very last minute. I had lots of film so needed manual inspection with each roll of film extracted. Had no time to repack. Was still dressed as cyclist. Plane was on the remote wing at Dorval (still there nut much smaller. Running like mad across tunnel. Get to plane dressed as cyclist, hugffing and puffing, and as I walked the aisles film dropped here and there so had to stop, bend down to pick them up and walk till next films and other stuff dropped :-)
This happened to me in 2019 as well, at DCA: Arrived at airport plenty of time, even accompanied boxed bike down to baggage room. BUT, a whole Southwest charger flight arrives in buses, pre-checked, and they all queue at Security at same time, I am behind them. Not only this, but security agent sees my boxes of salt water taffy from the beach that are taped together and insist to pen and check every candy. Air Canada agent (who had checked me in) walks from gate area, sees me being scrutinized by guy, guy sees here and magically all my baggage is fine. Had to pickup everyhing as loose baggage, including cycling shoes and run to plane wearing socks and cycling closes (no time to change), so same rigamorole of being last on board with loose luggage falling down and I was at last row of the CRJ700 so EVERYONE got to see me do this :-(. I just dumped all the loose stuff in overhead and repackagaged stuff once we landed.
6:47 Mirabel - YMX
5:47 You can just bring your kids for the tight lavatory in the CRJ's
Dude. These are 90 seat airplanes that have been configured to carry 76. They have more legroom than any other Air Canada plane. You could have been seated in any row. Also, compared to the smaller 50 seat CRJ, the 900 has a lower floor which gives more headroom (and better views out the windows). This is also a very fast regional jet, 3 hours for that trip is pretty respectable.
They are no longer configured for 76. Air Canada has changed their scope clause and allowed Jazz to convert the CRJ 705s to CRJ 900s.
I have flown the AC CRJ 900 6 times in the last 40 days and again next month. It’s fascinating that the newer ones have no IFE but have slightly better overhead storage. I would prefer if they installed a tablet holder instead of IFE. 3 hours on a CRJ is a long flight. Good call on the exit row. Thanks for putting together this trip report. Great quality work as always.
Replace the r in Regina with a v
I think the CRJ series of aircraft are cool little jets to look at, but I avoid flying on them at all costs, unless I can get a domestic first class ticket. They are all so compact if you have someone next to you.
I agree, as someone who flies SK somewhat frequently I tend to get flights operated by Cityjet, who unfortunately only operates CRJ9's for Scandinavian. They are way to cramped. Luckily my last flight from ARN to AMS could be rebooked to an airBaltic operated a C-series. A different, and much more comfortable Bombardier aircraft.
@@marcusmygeYou think that is bad? Try CRJ 200 and see what you think.
I'll have to try the exit row sometime! Being about as tall as you - after 3 hours in a CRJ, I feel very Mitsubishi'd out...
Another great video! From one UA-camr to another well done! Cheers
Rip Bombardier
You know the view at YQR never changes when the 1st 3mins of this video looks like 1/2 the videos on my channel over the course of 9 years 😂
Even if they're older, having screens on a CRJ is a treat. Also you parked right next to C-GUJA in Montreal, the very same CRJ that took me on my first ever trip to Canada a few years ago! I really hope to go back and see more of the country.
Mitsubishi jumped on this due to the MRJ Mitsubishi Regional Jet never really got a publicity it needed