Flying FINNAIR's Long Haul Business Class on the A330: a review
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Enjoy this pre-pandemic trip from New York to Helsinki - have you ever flown Finnair?
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Date of Travel: 3 MAR 2020
Airline: Finnair
Livery: Finnair standard livery
Route: JFK-HEL
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Flight Number: AY 6
Miles: 4113
Airborne time: 7h28m
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I flew Finnair Business Class from Edinburgh to NZ in Jan/Feb, 2020. 'Bought early and a very good price. I did not notice, until a few weeks before the flight, they issued the paperwork spelling my name with 'ili', instead of 'illi' (Wiliam/William). They wanted me to pay £1,000 to change and warned me, if my passport and tickets were different names, I would not be allowed aboard. After I had tried everything and Finnair remained rude and unyielding, Finnish friends phoned them and they did the name change for Euro30. They are trying to make Helsinki a European hub for flights to SE Asia, but their attitude might prevent their success. I will not use them again. The flights were nothing special and the Cathay and AirNZ sections were much better.
I flew Finnair on a round trip from London Heathrow to Stockholm Arlanda via Helsinki, on the A350, A320, A321, and A330 in that order
i have been on finnair CPH-HEL
This video appeared out of Finnair!
Boom boom! 🥁
Surely the airline industry is finnished....
🦆 Quack!
Clever! 🤣🤣
"China problem"... Ah, the power of hindsight
Also like Finnair and agree Helsinki is a great airport....manageable size, attractive and modern facilties, and excellent location for making connections across Europe and beyond!
Well as a Finn I believe I eat Finnish food every day - believe me finnair has used some good judgement when making those menus by selecting the delicious options. There would some interesting options as well black sausage, klimppi soppa (clot soup?) or salmiakki to name few. Also a fun fact that due to COVID finnair has started make tv-dinners. You can go to you local supermarket and buy their business class meals for approximately 10 euros a piece. I tried two of them and they were actually pretty enjoyable.
Surrstromming
@@daviddowling9830 No... That is Swedish and we Finns would not touch it with a ten meter pole.
@@RoyalMela Exactly! And the main reason why I do not fly SAS :D
“Ice cream is a dessert impossible for an airline to get wrong” plz take notes DELTA 😂
I have flown with dozens of airlines. Every airline serve ice cream has the frozen ice cream problem besides Delta... At least Delta serve high quality ice cream unlike some other airlines.
I was truly amazed at how friendly and nice the people of Norway, Sweden and Denmark were, and how well the countries were run. Have to one day get to Finland.
Finnair is a really nice airline. I flew in Economy on the same plane from Helsinki to JFK and it was a great flight ✈️
I like Finnair. They have a superb safety record. I like the Finns, love Finland, and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is a great connection from Far East to Europe, even N. America.
All you need is a toilet under that throne seat and you'd be set. After all, why should a king have to use a commoners bathroom. Love that window by the toilet in the bathroom, for the aspiring exhibitionist. Great video and food. Thank you.
I long for those normal days when no masks were even thought about.
I did LHR - BCN a few days before this and there a few people wearing mask but we pretty much laughed at them....
drycell183 me too and just the ability to get out of the UK would be great too!!
i used to feel bad for people who had to wear masks in china and japan because of the smog in major asian cities.
In those days in Italy started to be registered the "first" Covid cases not imported, and 150k people were already under quarantine
@Daniel Hostetler Mask are here to stay.
Love Finland, the people, the food and the drinking
Thank you for this - when all the Covid problems are settled, we're planning to fly Montreal to Tokyo and the cost for Finnair Business Class (Mtl-NYC-HEL-TOK) isn't that much more than Premium Economy via Air Canada. You're giving us a preview!
@@PoliticalJamesNormally I'd agree (We've done the AC direct flight Tor/Nrt 12hr flight in the past.) But for some bizarre reason Finnair's business class - admittedly with those transfers - is only about Can$500 each way than AC's "backbreaker express" product. We're considering it as a chance to sample Finnair business class.
Vicarious pleasure - still slightly hollow - hope we're all back flying soon.
In the winter, it snows a bit in Helsinki. The Finns are not fazed by this and the airport runs completely on-time without delays. Don't worry about getting to the airport because the trains run on-time and all the roads are clear too.
You are totally right - and the next video will show just how the Finns cope in the snow!
@@Paul_Lucas Snowhow.
Thanks Paul - I miss the old days - I miss travel - but watching you do it is better than nothing!
A vicarious pleasure indeed. So lovely to see normality in travel. I haven't been on an aeroplane since March and miss it. This is the year I intend to retire and my desire is to have my retirement one of endless travel fueled partly with some of the ideas provided by you Paul and a few others. I love many things about the new world and many changes are long overdue but please - back to normal travel as soon as possible
Thank god your back! I miss flying so much and the family I dont get to see. :( Its so great to see an airport as we shall never see them again.
You're supposed to pick up the Haagen Dazs. The heat from your hand softens the ice cream in no time!
When I was given a newspaper in Finnish on boarding my flight, I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore. The smoked reindeer at dinner was excellent!
Thanks for taking us along with you Paul! It makes lockdown slightly more bearable as we wait to travel again.
Your videos provide insight into a world we used to live and hope to do so again. Thanks for sharing as it helps my mental health at the moment
I like finnair i always do business class from helenski to bangkok on the A350
Thanks for posting this, Paul - I’ve missed you.
I hope you and yours are keeping well during this nightmare time.
Very well thank you. Safe at home!
The fast free wifi at Helsinki airport is also to be commended plus the lack of bars on the seats makes it a comfortable place to spend a long layover. Another fantastic vid Paul!
Now I am convinced you are a true frequent flyer. I constantly fly international for work and I, too, occasionally book longer flights just to make sure I have enough time to sleep during the flight! Take off, landing and services can really really eat into rest time.
@@s125ish Business... At times, I bounce from city to city on non-stop travel and the plane is a place that I count on for sleep.
Paul, you have to say "Welcome to another TRIP report" That's your thing. That's your handle! Keep up the great work! (More long train trips)
Oh memories... My last "real" flight was in the same seat about a year ago, but it was PEK-HEL. Exactly like you said, not the most modern seats, but loads of space. A nice airline, with great blueberry juice!
How much I miss long haul flights, hopefully soon we can go places again!
Man, that emb-145 landing looked...firm, but the A330 one looked smooth as butter, lol! That throne seat looked so comfy. Thank you for another great video! Love your content!
I like the guitar music, nice change from the ubiquitous lo-fi of other channels.
Thanks Paul for this video. I have been waiting for you to do some Finnair flights. Those A330's are due for cabin rework but thanks to the pandemic I think it's postponed now. Can't wait for your thoughts on the A350 on your next leg. And some comparison of the service quality and the staff. Finnair has outsourced the Singapore flight staff to 3rd party and I'm not that happy about it.
Loved the little Lourdes pun! :D
I enjoy your reviews very much. Understated and informative. No pretension and yet exciting and makes me envious.
Looks like a great airline! Also looks like a historical document these days!
I’ve been binging your videos for weeks now. You are one of my favourite vloggers. Your videos are informative and entertaining. And you are adorable. Love from 🇨🇦.
We flew Finnair (and through Helsinki) on a trip to Russia from the US. Can confirm both business and economy class are top notch! I actually slept well in economy, a rare occurrence
Bucket list voyage...YUL-HEL-SIN.
Thanks mate. Made my day.
Not to mention HELl and SIN in the same sentence...
How can 16 people like the content when it's only been released to the world for 45 seconds? 🤷🏻♂️
Ok now I've liked..... once I've fast forwarded through those pesky surfshark ads....
Great content Paul as always.... if it wasn't for receiving your updates on Twitter, I'd have been worried for your well-being.... a month is too long not to see your content 👍😊
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the ice cream shade is everstrong and I LOVE it *cough Delta cough*
I recently discovered your channel and have been watching a lot of you videos to get me though lockdown. I was so pleased when the notification popped up.
Loved it! Can't wait for the second part! Proud Fin!
Great that you still have plenty of content saved. Still loving everything you produce
Looks like a 22R departure from JFK based on the taxiway orientation past V1. Great video as always!
Thanks for showing us the whole take-off sequence. I always find those exciting (though definitely better to experience than watch). :-)
Seat looks like something out of a UK commuter train lol
At least you got a metal spoon for the ice cream!!!
Been on that exact seat in that exact airframe, HEL-LHR. Love Finnair, especially business class - they don't fuss and fawn over you like some others, but they get the important stuff right.
Short eastbound transatlantics may be miserable if you're in business class, but the last time I flew BOS-LHR in economy on a shagged-out BA 747, I was glad that a screaming tailwind reduced the misery to 5 hours. (Might've been 4.5 had we not been so early.)
I find HEL to be great if I'm arriving or departing from there. If I'm connecting, I generally have either 4 hours to connect between two planes right beside Immigration, or 30 minutes to get a bus to one end of the airport, run clear to the other, and get the Naughty Bus to the second flight - and as for my hold baggage, well, let's just say that in my usual carry-on bag I have my home airport's claim form already filled out, minus the tag numbers.
Greetings from Finland🇫🇮 ❤
If you get the chance and if they still exist after pandemic try the Admirals club showers at DFW. It includes a normal shower head and 6 wall sprayers at different heights. A truly great shower. If memory serves it was the club in Terminal A DFW.
Brilliant trip report! The meals were delicious. I'd love to try this airline in the future
Wow, that's an incredibly low airfare! I always enjoy your videos. Happy travels, Paul.
This is like looking at another world. 9 days before I was sent home from university and we soon realised what shit we were in with the pandemic. Great video, I loved Finnair & Marimekko (no I definitely didn't steal an extra amenity bag off my NRT HEL flight)
wow that breakfast looked perfect
Whenever I've been to HEL it's been mobbed in the short-haul terminal.
The Emerald lounge is superb, one of the best.
Yup. They let us Sapphire plebs in there while they were building our new lounge, and it was very nice indeed. A bit poor on the ramp views, but you can't argue with a sauna.
I love the research you put into your video. Not sure if you've flown to Lourdes but I was presently surprised to see so many A330s and A340s stored there.
The business class seats are also found in The old JetBlue’s Product...
Hey ! good to see you back, we have missed you.
Frequently taken the red eye back from NY to HEL, you are dead on with the throne seat, now everyone will be after them LOL.!
As an Italian I remember well those days. The ""first"" Covid cases not imported were registered in the Codogno's hospital, and Codogno as well as other town in the southern-west Lombardy were put under quarantine, for a total of 150k people under quarantine. Some of my classmates at university are from Codogno, I remember they told me about desert road and empty plazas. At the time those seemed unrealistic images.
In less than a mouth the entire country would have been under quarantine
Haha, I live vicariously through you and Noel as a man with a beard as I'm not allowed one lol!
Absolutely amazing trip report Paul! I’m so glad to see you on Finnair! Also, you have had a Delta One experience, remember the awful 767?😸😸
With a bit of luck things will go back to normal over time
flights to Europe from western North American cities are longer about 10-12 hours so not bad there just the eastern US and Canada flights.
Great video - I’ve never been in Finnair, but would love to try them in the future! ✈️
"After a quick loo stop..." I had to replay that a few times to get the gist of what you were saying! ;) BTW, I purchased DashLane based upon your recommendation and I really enjoy it.
Thank you, Paul, for sharing another wonderful video with us. I have had the feeling of flying and travelling again.
4 to 5 hours sleep in Business class from East Coast USA to Europe may not be good for you but back in Economy Paul I would be ecstatic!!
Thanks for giving us something to reminisce of a time of travel before covid. Nice!
I was on this exact same flight back in December of 2017. Had a 15 hour layover in Helsinki waiting for the direct flight to Yekaterinburg, Russia. Sadly the Helsinki to Yekaterinburg route is no longer operating...
a330 is such an underrated aircraft
IME the old A330 business to be a little dated, but comfortable enough, and it feels much more spacious if you're in a throne or one of the singles on the right hand side.
The A350 reverse herringbone is very similar to other airlines, and works OK. ISTR that row 1 has a little more storage (I haven't flown anywhere since March 2020 due to the pandemic so it's been a while).
For me the biggest let down for Finnair on longhaul is the catering, particularly the main courses, which just seem to be slopped out of a substandard work canteen.
My favourite Finnair aspect is the gin bar at HEL in the Platinum Wing: while the food is again disappointing, the gin bar is a a very convivial way to encourage a hangover. I'd imagine many of the lounge facilities are currently closed though.
Finnair longhaul fares are frequently competitive, and it's one of the reasons I fly them, although Qatar historically have offered superb business class deals out of Scandinavia via Doha if travelling east.
I've been to many places, but Helsinki is no.1 for me. Such a peaceful city!
I tried reindeer in Finland, but I've since turned vegetarian 😅
finnair is my local airline and apart from ryanair and norwegian i doubt ive ever flown anything else..... but i dont mind. the only longhaul flights ive ever done was on a Finnair A330-300 HEL-NGO-HEL and in economy class. the (asian variety) food was amazing and the staff was friendly and the seats were ok for 10h flights. Personally i like finnair.
Finally Finnair with "new look".
can't wait for next one :)
12:52 same problem as the Delta 767 flight! Shoutout to solid ice cream....
I flew with them LHR-HEL-BKK in 2019 in economy.
It was decent enough, but I hated the food, which always seemed to be fish cakes served in a cardboard box.
But the airport was nice (apart from having to walk on the tarmac in November when dressed for Thailand) and has me interested in visiting the city.
Love the subtitling ..... Thin Air! You sure it wasn't on board "The Flying Pencil" DC8-63?!
Great vlog as always! I have worked with AY for many years, but I have never flown them. Lol!
Just watching this one. Finnish food: love Tar Ice Cream, which I had in Oulu.
hey paul,i have a flight reccomendation...
i know that you have already flown with fiji airways but i have never seen a video of fiji airways from london to fiji and i think you would make that video extremily well. also some other airlines you should check out: neos air, croatia airlines, sun air dk and trade air.
thanks so much, luis!
London to Fiji is 10,000 miles in a straight line and, of course, that means there is no direct flight. Fiji Airways doesn't fly to London, which explains why you haven't seen a video of it! :-D
@@Paul_Lucas they definitly used to, i remember seeing on their website that they had flights to lhr but they must have stopped.
Fiji is 10,000 miles away from London - next to New Zealand. There is no flight. No aircraft can fly this distance with passengers and cargo. You probably confused this with a codeshare.
@@Paul_Lucas oh ok thanks
One of the more eye appealing breakfast I've seen!
This video makes me miss travel so much.
I’m in my 40s and grew up with those retro drink glasses. Maybe they are making a comeback?
I have always had a soft spot for Finnair because long ago, in September, 1983, I flew in first class on Finnair on a DC10 from New York to Amsterdam. The reason why I have never forgotten the flight is that the stewardesses changed into formal evening dress to serve the first class passengers!
Good to see you back!
Thank you,Paul.
Next time :)
Cheers,
Rik Spector
What a coincidence. I watched a movie yesterday where a character had "Leopard Syndrome". Just like the guy in the seat in front of you. And the Ice Cream suffers from "Bent Spoon Syndrome"? 😃
Awesome! I think I requested Finnair business class at some point and now by accident it came true, lol.
That breakfast looked great.
I can honestly sat I hate being a passenger in the ERJ-145.
Solid work. Man, I miss flying!
Awesomeness to see you fly finnair!
I miss those days, I had a holiday to Berlin booked but that got cancelled and rescheduled 3 times, I never made it there in the end, thanks Covid
Great Video, I really appreciate your honesty and gratitude for sitting in them seats. What is the best way I can get a business class flight with this airline they are my favourite and would love to fly with them.
08:30 This guy looks like that guy on Doctor Who, the one that featured those weird guys who carried a ball in their hands, the Ood and the guy with all the tattoos all over his face and body.
Great video as always Paul. Many thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to the next video. Are you counting the days you haven't been on a plane? Stay safe & take care. x
A Paul Stewart video.. By a different name.
Finnair’s blueberry juice is a must!
On the domestics it's all you'll get at the moment, so yep, kind of a must! Mustikkamehua, even.
FINNally