The airline is headquartered at the Air Canada Centre, on the grounds of Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL). Although the current name was used before, it was officially changed on January 1, 1965. The flight range is 15,840 kilometres, some 2,200 KM more than the Boeing 777-300ER.Īir Canada was founded in 1937 as Trans Canada Air Lines, under the management of the Canadian National Railway (CNR).

At the tail, the airliner stands 19 metres or 61 feet in height. The aircraft is 64 metres or 209 feet in length with a wingspan of 65 metres or 213 feet. The first B77L was delivered to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on February 26, 2006. In fact, it owns the record for the longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner. The LR is for ‘longer range’ and the Boeing 777-200LR has been dubbed the Worldliner for its ability to connect almost any two airports around the world in a single flight. However, what would seem to be such a simple issue caused a 30 hour delay. The cause was a faulty light ballast in the washroom. The aircraft was diverted to Nadi, Fiji for a safe landing. Over the Pacific Ocean, an acrid odour began to emanate from one of the washrooms. It’s lone blemish came on a Jflight from Sydney, Australia to Vancouver, British Columbia. As mentioned, this is one of just six B77L variants in the Air Canada fleet and one of 59 to ever be delivered by Boeing. This Boeing 777-233LR is configured for a maximum total of 300 passengers with 40 seats in business class and 24 more in premium economy and 236 seats in economy class. C-FIUF took its first flight on Jand was delivered to Air Canada on August 7, 2007.

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