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Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 4:02 am
by ketko2
Hi All,

Earlier this month, I had a chance to fly with Finnair in business class from Helsinki to Bangkok. As the A350 flight was quite nice and enjoyable, I thought I would share it here with you as well.

You can read the full report on the following page:

Full report: https://www.knaviation.net/review-finna ... k-business

A selection of eight pictures to tell you the overall story follows.

1. The New Finnair’s Flagship

Currently, Finnair operates 8 A350s. My flight was operated by OH-LWH - the latest one in the fleet. The aircraft was delivered on April 4, 2017 - one month before my flight on May 5, 2017.

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2. Economy Comfort and Economy Class

Each of Finnair’s A350s is equipped with 251 economy class seats of which 43 are in the forward “Economy Comfort” section featuring extra 4 inches of seat pitch compared to regular economy.

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3. Business Class

The aircraft’s business class features 46 reverse herringbone seats split into two cabins - first with 8 rows and the second one with 4 rows. I was seated in 12L - a right-hand-side window seat in the very last row.

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4. Helsinki Vantaa Airport

After taking off from runway 22R, we were offered a great view of Helsinki’s airport and its surroundings.

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5. The Laptop Incident

On take-off, my laptop slid under my seat. With the help of the excellent crew, and a fellow passenger, we got it out a couple of hours into the flight. Thanks!

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6. Dinner Service

Shortly after take-off, a dinner was served. I had a salmon starter and a poached pike-perch main followed by an ice cream.

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7. IFE System

The in-flight entertainment system was quite simple, but the touchscreen was very responsive. Plus, there was a pretty nice flight overview title screen as shown below.

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8. Breakfast Service

Before landing, a breakfast was served. The order was taken after the dinner service in the form of a breakfast card. Like the dinner, the breakfast was great - and there was more than plenty of food.

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If you enjoyed the photos above, please read the report and see more photos below:

Full report: https://www.knaviation.net/review-finna ... k-business

I hope you enjoyed the report. Thanks for reading!

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.

Best regards,
Keishi
http://www.knaviation.net

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:19 pm
by debonair
Unfortunately, link to pictures are not working - pls. can you fix it?!

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:41 pm
by 11725Flyer
So glad the laptop "incident" was resolved. The dinner and breakfast food looks amazing. Thanks for sharing with us!

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 11:22 pm
by theobcman
Nice report & pics. I've flown J on AY 350 and really like the cabin. Think AY do a good job !

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 11:59 am
by newbief1yer
Looks like a very nice cabin. I liked the light grey and green combination. Very subtle yet classy.
Glad your laptop was alright, although I could not figure out which part of the seat did it slid under?
Thanks for the report. hopefully i get to travel on Finnair and/or the A350 some day in the future.

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:03 pm
by toobz
Very nice! Thanks for sharing. The food looks great. Btw..that ice cream you had is Rhubarb, not raspberry :)

Re: Finnair's A350-900 in Business Class (Helsinki - Bangkok) & "The Laptop Incident"

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:15 am
by ketko2
debonair wrote:
Unfortunately, link to pictures are not working - pls. can you fix it?!


Hi, apologies for the late reply - I confirmed all the links work. If you still have some issues with any of them, please let me know.

11725Flyer wrote:
So glad the laptop "incident" was resolved. The dinner and breakfast food looks amazing. Thanks for sharing with us!


Thanks for your comment - I hope to never repeat the "laptop incident." :D At one point, the crew mentioned that if we couldn't get it out, the mechanics in BKK would...

theobcman wrote:
Nice report & pics. I've flown J on AY 350 and really like the cabin. Think AY do a good job !


Glad you enjoyed the report. I really like their cabin as well - it's not over the top, just simple and functional!

newbief1yer wrote:
Looks like a very nice cabin. I liked the light grey and green combination. Very subtle yet classy.
Glad your laptop was alright, although I could not figure out which part of the seat did it slid under?
Thanks for the report. hopefully i get to travel on Finnair and/or the A350 some day in the future.


The whole reverse herringbone seat. I was in the last row, so it was just a single seat. And under the seat there was about a 1.5cm gap that was just "perfect" for my laptop to slide under.

toobz wrote:
Very nice! Thanks for sharing. The food looks great. Btw..that ice cream you had is Rhubarb, not raspberry :)


Thanks for the correction - fixed the report. :) In either case, the ice cream was good! :D