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cistavoda Jan 20, 2016 12:15 am


Originally Posted by intuition (Post 26044946)
Returning back to topic, the shortage of shorthaul aircraft continues. Temporary solution is FlyNiki:


The aircraft is Airbus A319 and the whole crew comes from FlyNiki. There are no inflight sales (Sky Bistro or tax-free) on these flights.
More importantly: I wonder how their J is going to be like. :eek:

intuition Jan 20, 2016 1:11 am

Even more importantly: Without inflight sales, will we be spared the annoying insales video with Anssi Partanen?? If so, FlyNiki sounds great! ;-)

cistavoda Jan 20, 2016 11:44 am


Originally Posted by intuition (Post 26047820)
Even more importantly: Without inflight sales, will we be spared the annoying insales video with Anssi Partanen?? If so, FlyNiki sounds great! ;-)

Ooooooh! Forget the J!

intuition Feb 1, 2016 12:29 am

Two more A321 from W2017
 

Finnair has excercised an option, under the Letter of Intent signed with BOC Aviation Pte Ltd (“BOC Aviation”) on 30 December 2015, to lease a further two new Airbus A321-200 narrow-body aircraft. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Finnair during the winter season 2017/2018. The lease agreements have a minimum term of eight years.

TTL Feb 2, 2016 5:15 am

Tightly packed, no front galley wardrobes, or any IFE. Some of these planes are in use already. One cabin attendant apologized to a fellow passenger offering his jacket to be hanged in business class SH - I am sorry but we are using one of these charter buses now...

intuition Feb 2, 2016 5:20 am


Originally Posted by TTL (Post 26120109)
...One cabin attendant apologized to a fellow passenger offering his jacket to be hanged in business class SH - I am sorry but we are using one of these charter buses now...

Hehe! Good comment.

But soon they all will be charter:

Originally Posted by OP
...
As noted earlier, all currently operated Airbus narrowbodies are being converted to high density configuration during 2017.


OH-LGG Feb 2, 2016 11:06 am


Originally Posted by TTL (Post 26120109)
one of these charter buses now...

Charter buses? They are what?

javipena82 Feb 24, 2016 8:21 pm

OH-LEI
 
OH-LEI flew yesterday 24th February to Kemble (UK) for storage:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/oh-lei/

No E170 left in the fleet from today.

Steve_Hun Feb 24, 2016 11:27 pm


Originally Posted by javipena82 (Post 26239795)

No E170 left in the fleet from today.

Just wish the E190s would follow it... Not a big fan of those.

TTL Feb 25, 2016 1:25 am


Originally Posted by OH-LGG (Post 26121598)
Charter buses? They are what?

321:s with winglets: no front storage, no Finnair Business Class text in front of the first row, no IFE, pretty tight seating... Shock and horror, 10:20 LHR-HEL again onboard one of those and behind the curtain yet, if an upgrade does not clear at the gate.

TTL Feb 25, 2016 1:28 am


Originally Posted by Steve_Hun (Post 26240318)
Just wish the E190s would follow it... Not a big fan of those.

Fly the ATR:s frequently and rethink your wish...

LoungeEnthusiast Feb 25, 2016 1:57 pm


Originally Posted by javipena82 (Post 26239795)
No E170 left in the fleet from today.

Was waiting for this news, thanks for posting! Having taken some 100+ AY E170 flights over the years, I must say this is something that has been long awaited. E190s are much better - and they have a lavatory also up front...

klmml Feb 25, 2016 2:17 pm


Originally Posted by javipena82 (Post 26239795)
OH-LEI flew yesterday 24th February to Kemble (UK) for storage:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/oh-lei/

No E170 left in the fleet from today.

Olé!

Steve_Hun Mar 31, 2016 2:33 am

I guess this topic would be the best suited for my question...

Do you guys know if AY has a process of actively informing passangers about equipment change (other than the A350 is delayed, so you'll fly something else "campaign" they had last year)? Cause if they do, they've failed on it miserably.

The other week when starting my trip to SIN, my first flight was AY operated HEL-LHR. I've booked the emergency exit row aisle seat well in advance, as with my height that is more or less the only comfortable seat on AY's A32X fleet. The plane was supposed to be an A320, but when boarding noticed that we were getting on an A319. My seat was number wise exactly what I've asked for, but it was one row behind the exit row, due to the aircraft's different size...

For all honesty, I don't know anymore if the plane was changed last minute (we had a delay due to late arrival of plane), or already previously switched to the smaller one, as for the first time I was just simply clicking through check-in, without actually verifying all the details (lesson lerned, never do that again...).

Ed Size Mar 31, 2016 2:38 am


Originally Posted by cistavoda (Post 26050415)
Ooooooh! Forget the J!

Niki = best J experience I ever had on a AY shorthaul flight.


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