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Jun 22, 2019 | 1:32 pm

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Originally Posted by teemuflyer

Well, better than a regular 321, such as what AY currently flies. Since they are specifically configured for premium routes for AA, they are quite low density. F is 1-1, J is 2-2, and they throw in some MCE (extra leg room) rest is Y.

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If seatmaps are to be trusted, these are just 102 seats in total, of which only 36 seats in real Y.
Just like you say, AA has them configured for premium routes. They are an airline of size and can afford to subdivide their fleet and have planes optimised for such use.

For AY, they are not catering to a premium market in general and their thin routes I imagine are not premium at all. So as much as I'd love to see anything remotely like the AA config, I don't think AY has any use for it.

Also, Finnair is such a small airline, so I think they wouldn't get a sub-fleet of planes that only works in fringe operations. They would get a plane that can work both longhaul and shorthaul and thus have a medium haul J cabin and a rather large Y cabin.

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