OH-LGG

Not so efficient.
Thirsty DC-10, 13hrs flight time and max 215 pax on board.

When those days are back again?

ffay005

Before AY aquired the DC-10-30ER for the NRT route (operated twice a week!), they had just two DC-10s. The only scheduled destinations were JFK and LAX, so many DC-10 flights were 345-pax charters. (When did BKK move from DC-8 with a fuel stop in TAS to direct DC-10?) The seating was converted overnight from charter to scheduled and vice versa as needed.

Early 1980s F seats probably weren't horizontal lie-flat seats, so in that respect, todays J seat is better. Catering was probably a lot better back then. And wasn't Y seat pitch traditionally 34" on longhauls?

CPH-Flyer

Why that long? The DC-10 would not be significantly slower than modern airliners. Did they have to go around Russian airspace?

ffay005

Sure did. They flew over the North Pole (handing out certificates to pax) and down the Bering Strait. Most airlines made a stop in Anchorage.

R2

I flew this on the NRT-HEL route back in 1987. Only really remember two things...the smoke coming through to economy from Business class smokers and the cool 'you've been to the North Pole' certificates which they gave out. Unfortunately cant't find it any more.

FlyingFinn

Ahh, I remember flying to HER and back on an DC-10 in the early 90s.

Helsinki Flyer

https://news.flydubai.com/flydubai-a...ts-to-helsinki#

Sunday, April 22, 2018

• flydubai becomes the first UAE-based airline to operate flights to Finland
• Airline offers first year-round service between Helsinki and Dubai
• The new route will be operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with flat-bed in Business Class and enhanced Economy Class offering

Dubai-based carrier flydubai has announced during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) the launch of direct flights to Finland’s capital, Helsinki. The daily service from Dubai International (DXB) to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL) will start from 11 October 2018. flydubai becomes the first UAE national carrier to operate direct flights to Finland and the first airline to offer a year-round service between Dubai and Helsinki.


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Flight Details

flydubai flights FZ783/FZ784 will operate daily between Dubai International, Terminal 2 (DXB) and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL).

Business Class return fares from Dubai to Helsinki start at AED 8500 and are inclusive of all taxes and 40kg checked baggage. Economy Class return fares from Dubai to Helsinki start at AED 1500 including 7kg of hand baggage.

A special promotional fare is available for tickets purchased from 22 April to 31 May 2018, for travel from 11 October 2018 to 31 May 2019. Subject to availability, Business Class return fares will start from AED 5500 and Economy Class return fares from AED 1300.

Flights can be booked through flydubai’s website (flydubai.com), the official flydubai APP, Contact Centre in Dubai on (+971) 600 54 44 45, the flydubai travel shops or through our travel partners.

For more information about Holidays by flydubai, please visit:

FFlash

Oh, for the moment I thought I could explore Dubai for once with a flatbed flight since I cannot endure the AY lousy seat in 6 hours. If the pricing was lucrative. But 8500AED? Promotional 5500AED is still 1200€ around. Njeaah, I pass...

oliver2002

FFlash

That map nicely shows that Hawaii would be not much further beyond that polar route

WilcoRoger

You can even do that with AY points soon. HEL-(KEF)-ANC on KF and ANC-HNL on AS. I flew the reverse route saves quite a bit of BiS time.

OH-LGG

KF? KF is Air Belgium starting flights from CRL to HKG.

ikeatroll

Interesting picture, but is their Twitter team manned by ex ski jumpers? That's pretty embarrassing English to be official published copy for an international airline.

WilcoRoger

Sorry, short-circuited brain. FI (Icelandair) is what I meant, of course.

ffay005

The prices ex-HEL are similar to AY's. Check the dedicated thread: OT: FZ starting HEL
Y €315 and J €1000.