Fleet-changes
Jan 20, 2016 | 12:15 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Basic
Posts: 1,574
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.
Jan 20, 2016 | 1:11 am
#17
Original Poster
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: EB Diamond, AY+ Gold, A3*G, Strawberry Lifetime Platinum, GHA Discovery Titanium, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 15,205
Even more importantly: Without inflight sales, will we be spared the annoying insales video with Anssi Partanen?? If so, FlyNiki sounds great! ;-)
Jan 20, 2016 | 11:44 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Basic
Posts: 1,574
Feb 1, 2016 | 12:29 am
#19
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Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: EB Diamond, AY+ Gold, A3*G, Strawberry Lifetime Platinum, GHA Discovery Titanium, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 15,205
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.
Feb 2, 2016 | 5:15 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: SK/ALL/HH Diam, FB Ulti, AY/AX/Hertz/Melia Plat, GHA Titanium, TP Gold, LH FTL, Radisson Vip
Posts: 2,699
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...
Feb 2, 2016 | 5:20 am
#21
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Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: EB Diamond, AY+ Gold, A3*G, Strawberry Lifetime Platinum, GHA Discovery Titanium, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 15,205
But soon they all will be charter:
Originally Posted by OP
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As noted earlier, all currently operated Airbus narrowbodies are being converted to high density configuration during 2017.
As noted earlier, all currently operated Airbus narrowbodies are being converted to high density configuration during 2017.
Feb 24, 2016 | 8:21 pm
#23
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Welwyn Garden City, UK
Programs: BAEC Blue, IB Plus, AY Plus, HHonors Diamond, BW Diamond, Hertz President's Club
Posts: 16
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.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/oh-lei/
No E170 left in the fleet from today.
Feb 24, 2016 | 11:27 pm
#24
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
Feb 25, 2016 | 1:25 am
#25
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: SK/ALL/HH Diam, FB Ulti, AY/AX/Hertz/Melia Plat, GHA Titanium, TP Gold, LH FTL, Radisson Vip
Posts: 2,699
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.
Feb 25, 2016 | 1:28 am
#26
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: KUO
Programs: SK/ALL/HH Diam, FB Ulti, AY/AX/Hertz/Melia Plat, GHA Titanium, TP Gold, LH FTL, Radisson Vip
Posts: 2,699
Feb 25, 2016 | 1:57 pm
#27
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Gold (OWS), LH SEN (*G), SK Gold
Posts: 564
Feb 25, 2016 | 2:17 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), SAS Diamond (*G)
Posts: 584
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.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/oh-lei/
No E170 left in the fleet from today.
Mar 31, 2016 | 2:33 am
#29
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
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...).
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...).