Ah, Air Canada. It seems everyone has an opinion on Canada's largest airline and flag carrier, either as a tourist - where you may get an experience better than your expectations at the back of economy - or flying on business, where you may wonder what all the fuss is about.

Air Canada operates a full service, full route network, around two main hubs. The airline, founded in 1937, has its corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. Air Canada is the world's 13th largest airline by fleet size and has its largest hub is at Toronto, along with Montreal, and a small mini hub in Vancouver.

Air Canada is currently revamping it's fleet with Project XM: Extreme Makeover. This is Air Canada's project to revamp the aircraft cabins on all aircraft, except the now replaced A340s. New aircraft being delivered already have the new features. The problem is of course that you have no way of knowing if you'll get a new aircraft with all the toys, or something that's out of the '60s and which should have retired a long time ago, with dodgy seats and entertainment that rarely works.

Longhaul it is a full-service airline, however the quality can bit a bit hit or miss: certainly in premium classes, there are some better airlines, but in economy it can come in cheaper than most. The soft product - such as the food and the service - can be better than you'd expect, but the hard product - the planes & seats - can be a bit random. ... read more.