The Finnair höpö-höpö (nonsense) thread
May 26, 2022, 4:30 am
#6693
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: AY+
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May 26, 2022, 1:11 pm
#6694
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY+ Plat basic
Posts: 430
According to the price list everything is the same for an hour or two.
https://www.finavia.fi/fi/lentoasema...nti/p1-premium
https://www.finavia.fi/fi/lentoasema...nti/p1-premium
May 27, 2022, 7:35 am
#6695
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), TK Elite (*G), BT VIP, HH D, BW DS
Posts: 484
Learned from a crew member on a recent flight that AY has a pretty interesting crew rotation on the widebodies. There's no dedicated subset of employees for operating the wetleases for Eurowings & BA, but rather all crew members may be asked to fly any of these routes.
Seems quite a hassle, and a lot of positioning (and nights away from home) for the crew. Also, how easy is it to keep up with and switch between 3 different service concepts without jeopardizing the customer experience, I wonder.
Seems quite a hassle, and a lot of positioning (and nights away from home) for the crew. Also, how easy is it to keep up with and switch between 3 different service concepts without jeopardizing the customer experience, I wonder.
May 27, 2022, 7:53 am
#6696
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,961
Learned from a crew member on a recent flight that AY has a pretty interesting crew rotation on the widebodies. There's no dedicated subset of employees for operating the wetleases for Eurowings & BA, but rather all crew members may be asked to fly any of these routes.
Seems quite a hassle, and a lot of positioning (and nights away from home) for the crew. Also, how easy is it to keep up with and switch between 3 different service concepts without jeopardizing the customer experience, I wonder.
Seems quite a hassle, and a lot of positioning (and nights away from home) for the crew. Also, how easy is it to keep up with and switch between 3 different service concepts without jeopardizing the customer experience, I wonder.
finnair logic I guess... How hard would it be to find a better solution
May 27, 2022, 8:19 am
#6697
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,059
Basic things for crews around the world. Professionals survive.
May 27, 2022, 8:19 am
#6698
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+Plat, ALL Plat, Scandic L2
Posts: 3,620
To be fair, it might be nicer for the actual Finnish staff if they don't need to spend months on end in Germany. Also who knows what strange official or unofficial agreements exist between Finnair management and employee representatives.
May 27, 2022, 10:16 am
#6699
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,176
May 27, 2022, 10:34 am
#6701
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: C2
Posts: 651
Not any huge debts. I think they have another bigger problem. I talked to a guy the other day that used to work at AY-kitchen pre-covid. He and a large share of his colleagues found other things to do during covid, consequently the kitchen today is suffering from severe understaffing. This was just a random guy's words. But I can imagine it is true since skilled or any kitchen/cooking staff is hard to find in Finland today.
May 28, 2022, 4:33 am
#6702
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,184
Strange considering Finnair took the catering ops back from LSG a few years ago. One would assume they thought they could run it better.
May 28, 2022, 5:53 am
#6703
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
May 30, 2022, 8:20 am
#6704
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY+ Platinum, TK Elite, HH Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 10
May 30, 2022, 1:23 pm
#6705
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
Posts: 2,962
Leisure and business demand meets a reduced offering. SK cut two weeks ago around 5% of flights, but some routes were untouched while others were hit harder. E.g. for CPH - HEL it is said they cut capacity by 80%.