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Finnair Business Class. New?

330lover From Belgium, joined Jul 2008, 504 posts, RR: 1
Posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4873 times:

I came across the seat map of some Finnair A330-300's, and saw that the configuration looks a lot like the new LX business on their 330-300's.

Finnair: http://www.finnair.com/finnaircom/wp...47/Ay_seat_map_A330-300_OH-LTR.jpg
Swiss: http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_sw...ircraft/Pages/airbus_a330_300.aspx

Both show configs as 1-2-1 on 1 rom 2-2-1 next row and so on...

Tried to find some pic's of the AY business, but did not find any.

Someone has more info?

Britten Norman Islander VP-FBR on Falkland Islands. THAT'S FLYING!

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shamrock350 From Ireland, joined Mar 2005, 6099 posts, RR: 15
Reply 1, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4807 times:

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The Finnair business class on their A330/340 aircraft is an angled lie flat seat designed by Recaro and is popular with a number of airlines. Here's a view of the cabin.

http://www.finnair.fi//filecontent/c...n/fleet/a340/a340_business_fin.htm

Finnair recently relaunched their business class and are using the new Contour Vantage seat which is indeed the same as what Swiss use and has enabled Finnair to increase the amount of seats in their business class while also moving to a full flat product. I think it's already on some aircraft and will be replacing the Recaro angled seats.

Here's the new seat:

Shamrock350

ManchesterMAN From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 1192 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4785 times:

The new seats have been flying for some time on at least one A330, mainly serving the HEL-JFK route.

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flyingAY From Finland, joined Jun 2007, 640 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 4750 times:

Here's the press release about the Contour Vantage seats from late December 2009.

https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclosure.action?disclosureId=379088&lang=en

[Edited 2010-07-01 04:27:11]

AirlineCritic From Finland, joined Mar 2009, 611 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 4593 times:

Yes it has changed. Neither seatguru or Finnair's own seat-selection pictures are accurate. If you want a window seat, for instance, you want to be on an even-numbered row on the right side. Otherwise the actual seat is quite far from the window.

smi0006 From Australia, joined Jan 2008, 1380 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 4536 times:

There was also a press release about the same time the new interriors were announcced regarding, new uniforms did these ever eventuate?

PresRDC From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 628 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 4422 times:

There are three A330s with the new interior. I've flown it a few times now and it is very nice. It is operating daily on the JFK-HEL-JFK route and on selected days on other routes, with BKK-HEL-BKK getting it several days a week. The seats are very nice as beds. Not ideal for sitting, but still an improvement on the angled lie-flats.

330lover From Belgium, joined Jul 2008, 504 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 4391 times:

Side question. Can AY deploy their 330's to all their long haul destinations, or is for instance SIN (to be reopened) out of reach?

Britten Norman Islander VP-FBR on Falkland Islands. THAT'S FLYING!

babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3512 posts, RR: 6
Reply 8, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 4247 times:

There seems to be a lot of storage space. I wonder why they didn't cut the storage space and have a bigger seat?

I'd be tied between wanting to sit near the window and wanting to sit alone. Decisions, decisions.

and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.

FunFlying From Finland, joined Jul 2001, 184 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 4098 times:

Quoting 330lover (Reply 7):
Side question. Can AY deploy their 330's to all their long haul destinations, or is for instance SIN (to be reopened) out of reach?

Currently yes, but SIN will be the first destination not suitable for A330 without severe payload restrictions. The A340 will do the job fine.

Leaving on a Jetplane...

AirlineCritic From Finland, joined Mar 2009, 611 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4010 times:

Quoting babybus (Reply 8):
There seems to be a lot of storage space. I wonder why they didn't cut the storage space and have a bigger seat?

Its not storage space. In fact, the seat is very short of storage space. The big bubble/table on the side of the seat is the previous row's leg room.

Andaman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3844 times:

Quoting PresRDC (Reply 6):
There are three A330s with the new interior.

Yes, plus the 8th A333 coming later this year. Two a/c (OH-LTS, OH-LTT) have smaller Business class cabins than the other ones. I have understood when their booking engine shows "333/A330-300" it means the old seating in C and "330/A330" the new one.

Seat maps available here: http://www.finnair.fi/finnaircom/wps...flight/fleet/airbus-330-300/fi_FI#

330lover From Belgium, joined Jul 2008, 504 posts, RR: 1
Reply 12, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3627 times:

Will the other aircraft be refurbished, or do they keep the other business class?

Britten Norman Islander VP-FBR on Falkland Islands. THAT'S FLYING!

Andaman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 13, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 3331 times:

Quoting 330lover (Reply 12):
Will the other aircraft be refurbished, or do they keep the other business class?

Hopefully the rest of the widebodies get the new business seats soon. They must have high hopes for the business class demand on HEL-SIN, the new Contour Vantage seats needed on A343 there.

beeweel15 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1693 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3291 times:

Quoting AirlineCritic (Reply 10):
Quoting babybus (Reply 8):
There seems to be a lot of storage space. I wonder why they didn't cut the storage space and have a bigger seat?

Its not storage space. In fact, the seat is very short of storage space. The big bubble/table on the side of the seat is the previous row's leg room.

While these seats are nice the problem I have is that on some seats, especially by the windows you still have to climb over the pax next to you.

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