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- Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:24 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Finnair will again operate two round-trip A350 flights to San Francisco next winter on 2 Dec 2018 and 6 Dec 2018. ( Routesonline ) I wonder, when will Finnair start flying to the US with A350 on a regular basis. How does the hard product differ between the A330 and A350? Earlier this year on my way...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: What airliner is this?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10581
Re: What airliner is this?
ABpositive wrote:Lack of any blond passengers would eliminate the Finnair imo.
The Finnair narrow bodies feeding the Asia flights often are packed with non blonds
But yes, this definitely isn't AY, different seat covers, curtains etc
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- Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:19 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why KLM don‘t serve KEF ?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7862
Re: Why KLM don‘t serve KEF ?
The Nordic Europe has become popular among the Asian visitors, that's what encouraged Finnair to open KEF with their own metal. You would think it's the same with KLM, they are big in China especially. Do they code share with FI?
Jump to post- Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:29 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A330 Operators - Europe to Australia with One Stop - Possible?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3233
Re: A330 Operators - Europe to Australia with One Stop - Possible?
Yes it’s quite possible using Finnair and combined some of the Chinese carriers today. Easier via BKK using AY/QF codeshares. Most routings go via SIN/HKG (AY 350) but BKK with mixed 350/333 is possible too, checked next winter: LHR-HEL AY1336 (321ER) HEL-BKK AY143 (333) BKK-SYD AY5001 (333) SYD.BK...
Jump to post- Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5058
Re: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
Why can't politicians just toe the line? Tsk tsk Not just Catholics, Protestants too know how to mix things. The Finnish parliament has a tiny party of devout Lutheran Protestants who fought hard against the same sex marriage, one of the arguments in their media was the law will make God to turn hi...
Jump to post- Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:02 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5058
Re: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
The Irish referendum has started a little political drama in Finland. In Finland abortion is not on the agenda and generally religion is seen a very private matter, not to be mixed with daily politics. Finland is the least Catholic country in Europe, the Catholic Church only has some 15,000 members ...
Jump to post- Wed May 30, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 13163
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
[ In the USA you can get on a domestic flight without a passport, in Europe you can't. You need a passport for every flight no matter where you're going. That's the reason far more Europeans got a passport than Americans do. No, you don't need a passport inside the Schengen zone in Europe, an ID ca...
Jump to post- Wed May 30, 2018 9:21 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 13163
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
I can't speak for other European nations, but in the UK the legal requirement is 28 days paid holiday per annum for full-time workers (different for part-time or irregular hour workers). It's up to employers whether public holidays (8 days in England) are included in this figure or not, but some em...
Jump to post- Wed May 30, 2018 7:57 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Great to get AY A350 to DXB, even if just twice a week. The problem is the mixed product of A321ER/A350 to DXB, their A321ER cabin is rather LCC-ish, quite spartan.
Jump to post- Wed May 30, 2018 3:58 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 13163
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/scheng ... ries-list/HELyes wrote:
No, you don't need a passport inside the Schengen zone
...which covers most of Europe, 26 countries, both EU and non-EU states. Map: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/scheng ... ries-list/ Jump to post
- Wed May 30, 2018 1:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 13163
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
[ In the USA you can get on a domestic flight without a passport, in Europe you can't. You need a passport for every flight no matter where you're going. That's the reason far more Europeans got a passport than Americans do. No, you don't need a passport inside the Schengen zone in Europe, an ID ca...
Jump to post- Tue May 29, 2018 3:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 13163
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
[Canarias had 16 million tourists in 2017, the largest nationalities being 1. UK 5.2 million 2. Germany 3.1 million 3. Spain (mainland) 1.6 million http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/noticias/tcd/Turismo/91729/canarias-15.975.507-turistas-ano-2017-aumenta-numero-turistas-millon-6,5-mas-2016 However ...
Jump to post- Mon May 28, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Airport special services for Chinese Passengers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2520
Re: Airport special services for Chinese Passengers
ilari wrote:HEL. 95% of signs are also in Chinese, AliPay accepted in most stores, Chinese speaking staff all around the airport
And hot water dispensers available
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- Sun May 27, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5058
Re: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
In the US last year, there was one abortion for every 5.8 live births. I can't believe the Irish want that for themselves, but apparently they do. The rate has been declining for decades in US. More freedom doesn't automatically mean more abortions, in Finland abortion has been legal since 1950 and...
Jump to post- Sun May 27, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5058
Re: Ireland decriminalizes abortion!
I'm of the view that this was a vote from which men should have been precluded. I don't think it's that simple, many times couples make the decision together. Irish writer Graham Linehan on Time: In 2004, my wife Helen and I heard that the baby we dearly wanted would not survive longer than an hour...
Jump to post- Sat May 26, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Finland's "Open Prisons"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1717
Re: Finland's "Open Prisons"
The widespread amounts of single parent homes is a major cultural problem in many aspects of society. I have no idea how to fix that. Its probably all related somehow. What I've seen an affordable daycare is the key for low income families and especially for single families, so the parent can work ...
Jump to post- Fri May 25, 2018 1:56 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Finland's "Open Prisons"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1717
Re: Finland's "Open Prisons"
There's similar thinking with fines, in Finland most fines are based on your taxable income, you can be fined tens of thousands for speeding. The fine doesn't work if you don't feel the sting. I'd like to see that here. We only have "Tagessatz" fines dependent on income if you have a conv...
Jump to post- Wed May 23, 2018 9:55 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Finland's "Open Prisons"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1717
Re: Finland's "Open Prisons"
first hurdle: you don't care. When you boil it down you're probably right. Its not that I (and most people) don't care at all its that its not high on the list of priorities for most people. We do know there are issues with prisons in the USA but there are just more pressing things I (and most) peo...
Jump to post- Wed May 23, 2018 4:09 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Qantas defines ULR requirements, delays order decision
- Replies: 347
- Views: 60292
Re: Qantas defines ULR requirements, delays order decision
Bearing in mind too that AY and QF have an extensive and long-standing relation for trips via Asia - HEL is in fact a specific exclusion from the QF-EK JV. It's not an exclusion, it just doesn't fall within the scope of the JV because EK doesn't fly to HEL. It seems that QF is free to do what they ...
Jump to post- Mon May 21, 2018 6:13 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: European expansion in SFO
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12095
Re: European expansion in SFO
RainerBoeing777 wrote:10. Finnair - 3 weekly frequencies
Finnair (Airbus A350-900XWB)
Unfortunately still not A350 but A333, this year SFO is served 3 May - 5 Dec. Jump to post
- Mon May 21, 2018 3:41 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Finland's "Open Prisons"
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1717
Finland's "Open Prisons"
My non Finnish colleague in Helsinki saw a story about the open prisons in Finland on France24 and that left him rather puzzled. We had an interesting discussion, actually many native Finns at work didn't quite know how the prison system works in the country. In Finland a large part of the low-risk ...
Jump to post- Wed May 16, 2018 11:36 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Swedish airline NextJet goes bankrupt
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8118
Re: Swedish airline NextJet goes bankrupt
Wow didn't expect that... Finland was their second market, six smaller airports served.
Jump to post- Tue May 15, 2018 10:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Former Jeju Air CEO starting longhaul LCC - Air Premia
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4300
Re: Former Jeju Air CEO starting longhaul LCC - Air Premia
I was a little bit surprised about that also. HEL has some tourism, but nothing that's that big. Finnair also has that advantage of the connecting hub. A large part of the Asian tourists arriving in HEL (in winter) continue to Lapland, there have been a real boom of tourism up there, especially fro...
Jump to post- Sun May 13, 2018 6:31 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2632
Re: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
Really incredible how smart the AY strategy is and how well it has worked for them. Instead of trying to be everyone else (including larger and more established players) AY has built an empire by offering something that no one else was focused on. Yeah Asia was a wise move, they have all the eggs i...
Jump to post- Sun May 13, 2018 5:09 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2632
Re: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
ilari wrote:Blah, I just added this in the Nordic Aviation thread and asked if they would want to double PEK. Should read first and then write.
Probably they still want to double both PVG and PEK. Jump to post
- Sun May 13, 2018 4:35 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2632
Re: Finnair inaugural HEL-NKG (Nanjing) flight today May 13
Congrats AY for the 7th destination in China (HKG included) and the 19th in Asia. So they would prefer twice daily service to Pudong and NKG is kind of plan B?
Jump to post- Thu May 10, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Finnair would be ready to start HEL-PUS (Busan) but the South-Korean government want them to co operate with the local airlines Korean Air/Asiana. Finnair says "partnering with them has not been very easy". They also would like to add flights to Seoul, served now 7x weekly, the route was o...
Jump to post- Mon May 07, 2018 7:35 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
finavia decided to give RVN IVL e KTT an upgrade from 55 mln euros... not bad, i guess one day chines will fly direct there as well. The airports in Finnish Lapland had 23% growth last year, more capacity truly needed, Santa has been busy! Little trivia: In 2017 there were traffic from 21 airports ...
Jump to post- Wed May 02, 2018 5:36 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Norwegian would be very welcome on the HEL-Thailand routes, not sure if there are any Siberian overflight issues. Well if we take that literally: no, there are no Siberian overflight issues as the route wouldn’t cross over Siberia. ;) But as DY doesn’t even use Russian airspace on their flights to ...
Jump to post- Wed May 02, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Not surprised about Paphos. The area is home to some 2.000 retired Finns. Finnair has been flying there for years and in the past they used to operate scheduled flights throughout the year on the B752 I visited Paphos last year, on the AY flight there were a large group of Finnish UN Peacekeeping v...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:23 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
If you don't mind me asking, what went wrong with your Qatar flight? The B777 on DOH-BKK felt cramped, not much shoulder room, disappointing catering. Yes have noticed those cheap prices to Chongqing from AY, upgrades available often too. CKG hardly is any gold mine to AY but the route probably is ...
Jump to post- Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
I have a question for those who have travelled on Finnair in the past. I need to go for work to Chongqing and only airlines to offer one stop flights from my airport are Finnair and Qatar. What's AY's long-haul product like? I see they are sending the A333 there. Flying in J? I have flown both airl...
Jump to post- Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:45 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
Nami wrote:- AY plans to refurbish their A330s during 2020-2022
Their 330 cabins truly need a face lift, pity it takes so long. Jump to post
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:03 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Major airlines that did not buy the 787
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5535
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:48 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Flydubai won't locate to DWC. more destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7483
Re: Flydubai won't locate to DWC. more destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe
Destinations in Europe will have a 'similar DNA' to Helsinki. I wonder what Flydubai means by the similar DNA to Helsinki . HEL is kind of an oddball in Europe, a middle sized hub relying heavily on Asia. Suspect they mean: Unserved by EK or FZ from DXB Mid-sized Are there any left in the same size...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Flydubai won't locate to DWC. more destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7483
Re: Flydubai won't locate to DWC. more destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe
xwb777 wrote:Destinations in Europe will have a 'similar DNA' to Helsinki.
I wonder what Flydubai means by the similar DNA to Helsinki. HEL is kind of an oddball in Europe, a middle sized hub relying heavily on Asia. Jump to post
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:10 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Flydubai announces flights to HEL
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2845
lightsaber wrote:Is this confirmed MAX? IMHO the route is too long for good economics with the 738.
Lightsaber
Yes according to their press release: The new route will be operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft
https://news.flydubai.com/flydubai-anno ... -helsinki# Jump to post
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Flydubai announces flights to HEL
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2845
Re: Flydubai announces flights to HEL
Nice. Hopefully EK will start taking more advantage of the codeshare agreement with FZ to help compete against QR. See the point, but if you had the choice at similar prices for an economy flight (just for arguments sake) , what would you rather fly, FZ or QR? I know where my money would be going ,...
Jump to post- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
FlyDubai was already expected in HEL, great news! Their 737 MAX provides 11.6/15.6 inch touchscreens and flat beds in J, sounds good comparing what Finnair and Norwegian have to offer on HEL-DXB.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
The passengers on the Norwegian flight D8 481 Split-Helsinki were surprised today when the president of Finland joined them, after his state visit to Croatia. President Niinistö is known for avoiding private jets when possible.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
AY will will recruit and train 200+ new cabin crew members, based in HEL: https://rekry.saima.fi/smarthome/open_job_view.html?did=21018&lang=en&jc=79&id=00009856 Fluency in English is required, fluency in Finnish is highly valued, and other language skills are considered an asset Since 2...
Jump to post- Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:31 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Inaugural QF MEL-PER-LHR this Saturday 24 March
- Replies: 569
- Views: 81264
Re: Inaugural QF MEL-PER-LHR this Saturday 24 March
Haven't checked the schedules, but SYD-PER-LHR is some 400 nm longer than for example SYD-HKG-LHR (which quite conveniently lies almost exactly on the great circle route between SYD and LHR). I am sure airport congestion and winds aloft also play a role... QF should do a SYD-HEL to create a non sto...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:52 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Chicago Aviation News - 2018
- Replies: 1431
- Views: 187163
Re: Chicago aviation news - 2018
Is this the first A350 service to ORD? Taking this flight in September and looking forward to it? Did Finnair bring in the 350 last year, or am I mistaken? Finnair has not sent the A350 into ORD at all. I believe JFK was the only NA destination last year. They have sent A350 to JFK once. Their only...
Jump to post- Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:33 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
I wonder what's puting OSL and ARN so low in the ranking(s), my personal experiences have been better than that. The transit process wasn't the smoothest in OSL though but not sure if the crowded mornings/aftrenoons in HEL are that much more pleasant.
Jump to post- Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Norwegian profit warning, try to raise equity
- Replies: 124
- Views: 20925
Re: Norwegian profit warning, try to raise equity
I'm not a big fan of their LH product but I do hope they'll get back on tracks. They are a big and efficient player in HEL with both domestic and European services, bringing much needed competition to the market.
Jump to post- Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:11 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Why should the West care if relations with Russia deteriorate?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 6919
Re: Why should the West care if relations with Russia deteriorate?
Haha. I like the vodka argument - though it's likelier to work with Ireland or Finland. Russians aren't the biggest drinkers on the continent anymore :))) Actually Russia still beats Ireland, Finland and many other happy drinkers in Europe. Vodka, beer or wine, everything goes ;) Total alcohol cons...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:48 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Planned Stopovers?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2676
Re: Planned Stopovers?
Widerøe in Norway still operates certain thru-flights like that, especially in the north. Also in Norway, in 2012 I flew BGO-ARN-HEL on Finnair where ARN was just a stop, and I didn't deplane. I'm pretty sure that BGO-HEL is now non-stop. Finnair still operates thru-flights to BGO via ARN, their pa...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:20 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Nordic aviation - 2018
- Replies: 1264
- Views: 191080
Re: Nordic aviation - 2018
There has been some flights to PJA (Pajala) in northern Sweden for british tourists, but I'm not sure if they have been a success or not. And Easyjet have been flying to OSD this winter. I think the demand to northern Finland has in a large part been driven by mostly british tour operators organizi...
Jump to post- Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:01 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Finnair MD-11 Economy Seat Width
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1254
Re: Finnair MD-11 Economy Seat Width
With much discussion going on about the seat width of 777/787/A330, it made me wonder how wide Finnair's MD-11 seats were in Economy. They had a tight 3-4-3 configuration which was tight for a legacy airline. Going even further back, Cathay Pacific had 3-4-3 Economy Class in the L1011 Tristar. How ...
Jump to post- Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Size of US-Europe market
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6754
Just a detail but it's better to say Europe-USA, to not get mixed with the EU (European Union)
devron wrote:
Just a detail but it's better to say Europe-USA, to not get mixed with the EU (European Union) Jump to post