FINNAIR - new Business Class AirLounge seat

[Princess Fiona]

Sat in the front rows on both A330 and A350, no issues with noise or aromas for me, both flights 9+ hours no ear plugs.

No noise issue for me either was responding to @MJW Kangaroo saying it would be disruptive.
I didn’t find it to be. I almost always sit in the front row in J, exception being a shorter overnight flight with a forward galley and the crew clanking breakfast dishes half way through the flight.
No ear plugs can drown that out.

 

[LDN via BNE]

My flights (3 long haul, 2 within Europe) were last December. Maybe they changed by then? Just checked my TR - I complimented the IFE (comparing it, in recent experience with QF, QR, TK and SQ). It was the wi-fi that was flaky.

Two flights were in November and one in December (all Europe-Asia).

The IFE catalogue is nowhere near as extensive as many airlines (Lucky from OMAAT, albeit in 2022 - though I’ve not observed any significant change since then - wrote, ‘The entertainment selection as such was just okay. The number of movies and TV shows was in the dozens rather than in the hundreds, so this was a far cry from Emirates’ ICE system.’).

The cameras, map and flight schedule are all great features; I’d argue class-leading.

 

[itchy feet]

I flew BKK HEL return in 2023. Loved this seat.

 

[Balorfi]

Business class seats that do not lay flat, but rather the occupant has to wriggle down?
Finnair launches a business class seat that doesn't recline

I love them. I've flown with Finnair and have had these seats. I think they are very comfortable and spacious. I'm surprised there are so many naysayers who haven't even tried them. At least take a trip on these seats and then post a review.

 

[93Revisited]

I flew Helsinki to Singapore about a year and a bit ago. My clear recollection is that I had a really comfortable flight with more than adequate space to lounge and sleep. Inflight service was efficient and as attentive as you needed for an overnighter.
Worst part of the flight was the late departure time in an airport that’s pretty much shut down. The Helsinki lounge is just an OK.

 

[hjat17]

My wife and I both dislike it, and much prefer the previous Business seat design to this “seat/lounge”. Having flown it some 5 times, we simply don’t like the design, operating method and comfort factor. It certainly appears to have its fans, but my perception is there are just as many critics. Yet another airline “enhancement” (that dreaded word!).

 

[andywilliams]

Business class seats that do not lay flat, but rather the occupant has to wriggle down?
Finnair launches a business class seat that doesn't recline

These seats are terrible. I am partially disabled with chronic arthritis and travel regularly for business. I need to travel with the seat reclined and foot rest fully extended e.g. Cathay & Qantas. unfortunately Qantas have leased Finnair aircraft for Sydney/Bangkok for an extended time. Also the inflight entertainment is not user friendly. Well done Qantas looking after the new routes and don't care about the established routes with little competition. There used to be two Jumbo flights Syd/Bkk. daily(QF & BA) + Emirates with a 380 daily BKK/Syd/Auckland. Now with a shortage of availability on one world aircraft airfares are expensive and Business class reward seats very difficult even with Platinum membership.

 

[Ade]

These seats are terrible. I am partially disabled with chronic arthritis and travel regularly for business. I need to travel with the seat reclined and foot rest fully extended e.g. Cathay & Qantas. unfortunately Qantas have leased Finnair aircraft for Sydney/Bangkok for an extended time. Also the inflight entertainment is not user friendly. Well done Qantas looking after the new routes and don't care about the established routes with little competition. There used to be two Jumbo flights Syd/Bkk. daily(QF & BA) + Emirates with a 380 daily BKK/Syd/Auckland. Now with a shortage of availability on one world aircraft airfares are expensive and Business class reward seats very difficult even with Platinum membership.

I see this is you first post. Welcome to AFF, @andywilliams