Eventually, I left the lounge and headed to the gate, where Air Canada 777-300ER rego C-FKAU was being readied for departure as AC311 YUL-YVR.
This 7 year old aircraft was still wearing the old light blue AC livery...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657754193_3433c8f78e_h.jpg)
The flight looked to be 100% full, and the smallish boarding area was crammed with multiple lines of pax. Boarding was by zone, and because of the congested space, it took a while for pax to organise themselves for boarding. But in typical laid back Canadian manner, no voices were raised and everything remained civilised, even if boarding took a fairly long time.
Thankfully, I boarded in zone 2, and so spent most of the long boarding process already seated in the Premium Economy cabin...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657881809_9afdca9f8f_h.jpg)
The PEY cabin on this 77W was laid out in 3 rows of 2-4-2.
The seats themselves were wide and comfortable, and looked to have a different headrest design from my earlier A330 PEY seat. Also, unlike the A330 seat, there were no calf rests on these seats.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657997070_f22c3b5b25_h.jpg)
There was ample legroom in the bulkhead row, which meant that I could get up from my first row window seat to get to the bathroom without interfering much with my aisle-seat neighbour.
From my seat, the familiar loud booming startup sequence from the GE90 engines as they came to life. It had been a while since I flew on a 77W, so this was music to my ears...
A view of Montreal's terminal building and control tower as we taxi'ed out.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53656657172_af8f9ee2eb_h.jpg)
Take off on Runway 24R...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657529801_17f8a90734_h.jpg)
A nice view of the terminal building as we climbed out...
This 7 year old aircraft was still wearing the old light blue AC livery...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657754193_3433c8f78e_h.jpg)
The flight looked to be 100% full, and the smallish boarding area was crammed with multiple lines of pax. Boarding was by zone, and because of the congested space, it took a while for pax to organise themselves for boarding. But in typical laid back Canadian manner, no voices were raised and everything remained civilised, even if boarding took a fairly long time.
Thankfully, I boarded in zone 2, and so spent most of the long boarding process already seated in the Premium Economy cabin...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657881809_9afdca9f8f_h.jpg)
The PEY cabin on this 77W was laid out in 3 rows of 2-4-2.
The seats themselves were wide and comfortable, and looked to have a different headrest design from my earlier A330 PEY seat. Also, unlike the A330 seat, there were no calf rests on these seats.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657997070_f22c3b5b25_h.jpg)
There was ample legroom in the bulkhead row, which meant that I could get up from my first row window seat to get to the bathroom without interfering much with my aisle-seat neighbour.
From my seat, the familiar loud booming startup sequence from the GE90 engines as they came to life. It had been a while since I flew on a 77W, so this was music to my ears...
A view of Montreal's terminal building and control tower as we taxi'ed out.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53656657172_af8f9ee2eb_h.jpg)
Take off on Runway 24R...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53657529801_17f8a90734_h.jpg)
A nice view of the terminal building as we climbed out...
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53656657137_08fd40e4c4_h.jpg)
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