{"id":93347,"date":"2015-12-16T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=93347"},"modified":"2016-02-22T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T15:00:22","slug":"trip-report-finnair-a330-business-class-bangkok-to-helsinki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2015\/12\/16\/trip-report-finnair-a330-business-class-bangkok-to-helsinki\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnair A330 Business Class Bangkok to Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature a\u00a0luxury hotel<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0flight<\/a>\u00a0review.<\/p>\n

Today (December 16, 2015): Trip report: Finnair Airbus A330-300 Business Class Bangkok (Thailand) to Helsinki\u00a0(Finland).<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On December 12th 2015,\u00a0I flew Business Class in a\u00a0Finnair<\/a>\u00a0Airbus A330-300 (registration OH-LTT) from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Aiport (BKK) in Thailand to Helsinki Vantaa\u00a0Airport (HEL) in Finland. When I booked the ticket a couple of months ago, the flight was scheduled to be operated by Finnair’s new Airbus A350, and I was looking forward to this, especially after my wonderful Business Class experience onboard Finnair’s new flagship plane in October 2015 on a intra-European crew familiarization (you can read my review of this trip\u00a0here<\/a>). \u00a0Unfortunately, there was some delay on the A350 deliveries to Finnair, so the airline was forced to\u00a0adjust the schedule for starting A350 flights to Bangkok (which will now start on December 24th, instead of the earlier announced December 4th), and my flight was ‘downgraded’ to an Airbus A330-300.<\/p>\n

Finnair, which is part of the Oneworld Alliance<\/a>\u00a0and one of the world\u00b4s oldest operating airlines (established in 1923),\u00a0is one of my preferred European airlines to\/from Asia, since flying via Helsinki means that you are flying the shorter and faster route between Asia and Europe.\u00a0Its hub, Helsinki Vantaa Airport, is a very efficient\u00a0place for a transit (all the gates and services are located under one roof, with a minimal connecting time of only 35 minutes). And while the airline is not as large as Europe’s 3 leading carriers (Lufthansa, British Airways, and KLM-Air France), it\u00a0offers a flight experience that is far superior in terms of \u00a0onboard service. Finnair is a funky airline, that does a wonderful job in profiling itself as a trusted, fresh, design oriented, nordic brand.<\/p>\n

Finnair\u00a0features in my top 10 lists of\u00a0the\u00a0world\u2019s best airline lounges<\/a>,\u00a0and the\u00a0best Business Class amenity kits in the sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n