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Pros

  • plus Friendly, attentive staff
  • plus Cabin comfort
  • plus Proactive handling of problems
  • plus Good in-flight entertainment

Cons

  • minus Frequent delays, cancellations
  • minus Poor customer service
  • minus Inconsistent premium service quality
  • minus Baggage handling problems
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Air Canada reviews

3.09

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Nicolas D

verifbadgeVerified | Dec 15, 2025

  • Tampa-Lyon
  • Economy

Flight delay

i missed a connection in francfort while i still made it to the gate on time after a 2h delay from montreal but air canada rebooked me 2 dditional flights denying me boarding my original flight and tus delaying my arrival of 8+ hours. without any communication.

  • Tampa-Lyon
  • Economy
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Christian H

verifbadgeVerified | Dec 6, 2025

  • Tokyo-Charlotte
  • Economy

Flight delay

Worst airline of all time. Currently typing this in my 2nd 10 hour layover. No one wanted to help me, no one seems to be here to ask. I WILL NEVER EVER use this horrible airline again. EVER

  • Tokyo-Charlotte
  • Economy
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Rosine M

verifbadgeVerified | Nov 27, 2025

  • Tel-aviv-Montreal
  • Economy

Flight delay

I love to fly with air canada good service à la clientele merci Canadian citizens voyage de Tel Aviv a Toronto puis long delay Toronto Montreal for 2;30 hours inside the plane announced a technical problems on bord Afrter 12 hours flight from Tel Aviv I trust Air Canada Merci 🙏

  • Tel-aviv-Montreal
  • Economy
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Ana K

verifbadgeVerified | Nov 11, 2025

  • Toronto-Vienna
  • Economy

Worst flight attendants

Worse customer service and unprofessional staff on board. They forced me to check in my carry on baggage and i refused. Food was bad and tasteless

Overall

  • close rude staff and unprofesional
  • closecheck safe arrive
  • Toronto-Vienna
  • Economy
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Cloyd B

verifbadgeVerified | Nov 11, 2025

  • Winnipeg-Madrid
  • Economy

Flight delay

One delay after another with this airline. I have been delayed on so many different occasions, this one being another insult.

  • Winnipeg-Madrid
  • Economy
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Mike M

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 30, 2025

  • Sydney-Toronto
  • Economy

Flight delay

Generally, a good airline internationally. The plane food was average (as you expect) the service by the staff was good.

  • Sydney-Toronto
  • Economy
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Patrick B

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 26, 2025

  • Vancouver-Dublin
  • Economy

Flight cancellation

The flight over was lovely but their handling of the cancelled fight and total abandonment of it passengers means I will never trust them to ever use their services again

  • Vancouver-Dublin
  • Economy
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Chris N

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 18, 2025

  • London-Montreal
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline

Flight cancellation

very poor service .cut backs and suddenly they go on strike and we all loose out, they used to serve drinks now only with meals ,we ordered 2 kids meals there and back ,the kids got nothing.

  • London-Montreal
  • Economy
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Dwayne Scott M

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 13, 2025

  • Athens-Charlottetown
  • Economy

Flight delay

Lost luggage arrived soaking wet. Flights delayed and rebooked on connecting flights but we ran to gate and made the boarding call. They gave away our seats. After a while they let us board but not our bags.

  • Athens-Charlottetown
  • Economy
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Peter Adolf M

verifbadgeVerified | Sep 21, 2025

  • Halifax-St. John's
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline

Flight cancellation

Always late !BS Excuses. Charge cheap Airlines no Information to passenger. Cannot open Bordig pass after flight, is illegale.

  • Halifax-St. John's
  • Economy
  • Claim escalated to airline

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Air Canada Ratings

All-time Rating & Reviews

Air Canada customer review scores from various review websites. Average Star RatingAir Canada customer review scores from various review websites.

Average Star Rating

3.09
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Total Reviews count

59466
Average rating collected from all review sites. Some scores have been adjusted to 5-star scale Review Sites DistributionAverage rating collected from all review sites. Some scores have been adjusted to 5-star scale

Review Sites Distribution

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    AirAdvisor

    3.09

    59466 (100%)

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    TripAdvisor

    3

    33458 (56.4%)

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    Kayak

    3.55

    10000 (16.9%)

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    Flight Radar

    4

    6065 (10.2%)

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    Glassdoor

    3.3

    3400 (5.7%)

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    TrustPilot

    1.3

    1541 (2.6%)

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    ConsumerAffairs

    1.5

    1140 (1.9%)

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    Yelp

    1.5

    1008 (1.7%)

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    Google

    2.6

    810 (1.4%)

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    FlightReport

    3.8

    431 (0.7%)

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    Airline Ratings

    2.34

    315 (0.5%)

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    PissedConsumer

    1.8

    284 (0.5%)

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    eSky.eu

    3.9

    252 (0.4%)

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    Productreview

    1.4

    211 (0.4%)

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    SiteJabber

    1.7

    86 (0.1%)

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    Influenster

    3.5

    86 (0.1%)

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    Airlines-Inform

    3.4

    8 (0%)

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    SkyTrax Ratings

    4

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3.09

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