C-GHKR
This Airbus A330-300 belonging to Air Canada was seen taking off from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The first flight for this airliner was in March of 2001. She’s configured for a total of 265 passengers with 37 in business class and 228 in economy. The airliner has the registration number C-GHKR
An international traveler, this Airbus A330 has been mostly running from Canada to Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, Germany. Stops in Canada have included Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver. Her other European destination recently was to London, England’s Heathrow Airport.
Airbus A330-300
Currently, there are 631 Airbus A330-300’s in operation around the world. Air Canada has eight of those, their third largest airliner after the Boeing 777-300er and Boeing 777-200lr.
The length of this airplane is 63.39 metres or 208 feet. She has a wing pan of 60.3 metres or 197 feet and stands 16.83 metres of 55 feet high at the tail. This plane has a cruise range of 11,750 kilometres and has a cruising speed of 869 kmh.
Air Canada
The national airline of Canada was founded in 1937 as Trans-Canada Air Lines. The name switched to Air Canada on January 1, 1965. Currently, there are 171 airliners in Air Canada’s fleet with 182 destinations worldwide.
The airline is headquartered at the Air Canada Centre, a seven story building located eight at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL). Air Canada is a founding member of the Star Alliance of airlines. Other founding members include Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways and United Airlines. There are a total of 27 airlines worldwide in the alliance with more wanting to get in.
There’s much more in the way of airplanes at It’s About Travelling. Take a look at our Airliner Directory for plenty of aircraft images and info. The last two planes we featured in the Plane View series were a Sunwing Boeing 737 and a British Airways Boeing 777.
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