Review of Air Canada flight from Toronto to Boston in Economy

Hi all,
Below are pictures from my flight from Toronto to Boston in December 2013. Toronto was hammered by one of the worst freezing rain storms ever 3 days before. Freezing rain started on Friday and went all the way to Sunday for 3 days non-stop. Previously Toronto would have freezing rain only for couple of hours very few times in winters. But this freezing rain storm halted the whole city. All the streets and sidewalks were like skating rinks. It was so dangerous to walk outside. All trees were covered in ice crystals and a lot of them became heavy and broke off and many people were without power for couple of days and it was all happening the week of Christmas. Anyways my flight was on Monday and the rain had stopped by then. I was glad to be able to leave on time and flew to Boston with Air Canada and after a short stay in Boston I went to Zurich for couple of days.
Below are pictures from the trans border part of Toronto's terminal 1. In major Canadian airports, they designate a portion of the airport to USA flights. You clear the US customs and immigration in Canada and once you step airside it's like you are already in USA, since when you get to US, you can just go direct to baggage claim without going through immigration.
The Trans border part of Toronto airport- For US flights only

Long corridor with gates on both sides- The end of the corridor in Terminal 1's International section that is accessed from 1 level up

The end of the trans-border section- The International part of the terminal is separated by a glass barrier, which is visible here

A peak at the International section shops through the glass barrier

Looking back all the way through the transborder section

Our flight

Boarding

At first I got an aisle seat but since the flight was not full I changed to a window seat when boarding was completed

Great leg room and seat comfort in Embraers

This is the de-icing ramp at pearson, the process of de-icing takes around 10-15 minutes for small sized air crafts

The de-icing machine

The liquid is green, which is interesting

Take off over Frozen Toronto

Toronto's terminal 1 map

Montreal Airport map

And Vancouver

God I hate these dry sticks

I LOVEEE the Just for Laugh Gags, they are my most favorite- In any airline I immediately watch this if they have it

Descend into Boston, which was rainy

Taking the Metro to the city

As bonus I am including pictures from both 2013 and 2014 Toronto Pearson Airport Street Festival
For the past 3 years, the Pearson airport has been organizing this awesome and nice event that is open to all. You just need to register online. They dedicate a part of the airport and they bring various machinery, such as fire trucks, de-icing machines, various vendors and booths for Canadian airlines and KLM for the past years. They also bring planes of various size on display and since the area is just next to main runways, you can watch the planes take off and land. They also offer a tour bus of the airisde ramps, in which they take people around the airside area, pass various planes so they can take a close look. This event is held annually around the second week of September and is such a great event. Many thanks for the Pearson airport and all its volunteers and organizers for these amazing memorable events.
2013 Pearson Airport Street Festival:

A concert stage

Taking off

Inside the bus to take us around the airport

Passing through terminal 3 gates
Air Transat

Alitalia

KLM

Around Terminal 1 gates

Very cool angle

They wer towing KLM to bring over to the festival area for people to see

Flight crew joining the festival to take pictures with people

The concert stage

The pictures below are from the 2014 street festival:

Map of the Toronto Pearson Airport

AC magazines and bags

Air Canada 767

Since it was a Saturday this year as well like in 2013, the schedules of most regular flights were the same and again the Korean Air was taking off

I love the Egypt Air Livery- So nice

Mississauga skyline in the background

Taking off

I really like the Saudi livery too :)

AC Taking off

They also brought KLM over again for people to take pictures with.

Air Canada 787

Taking off

KLM's lovely and friendly crew

The airside tour bus

Air India does not fly to Toronto at the time being, but this aircraft was travelling from Chicago To Delhi the night before and it encountered engine problems and had to land at Toronto for repairs

I hope you enjoyed this FR and pictures of Toronto's Airport :)