Finnair news

[Ansett Nostalgic]

https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/03/19/finnair-faces-market-court-lawsuit-over-passenger-rights-violations/?omhide=true

This is a long overdue development. Good.

 

[kpc]

Currently on board Ay 100 from Hkg to Hel...using their miserly 1 hour free Wifi for J pax

 

[Scr77]

Currently on board Ay 100 from Hkg to Hel...using their miserly 1 hour free Wifi for J pax

How do you find the food and beverage?

 

[docjames]

Currently on board Ay 100 from Hkg to Hel...using their miserly 1 hour free Wifi for J pax

You did better than me recently.

Email morning of travel - out of service AY131

Return leg AY132 couldn’t ever get it to connect (had a go a number of times). I don’t mind being disconnected, but seems it’s not particularly reliable.

QF35 on the 330-200 had the wifi active over Aus continent. The return leg didn’t have it at all.

As an aside, love the new Finnair J seats. Crew attentive, plenty of food (did pass on the reindeer quiche offered as arrival meal into SIN).

Back to back vs QF35/36 vs AY132/131, I preferred Finnair.

 

[RooFlyer]

You did better than me recently.

Email morning of travel - out of service AY131

Return leg AY132 couldn’t ever get it to connect (had a go a number of times). I don’t mind being disconnected, but seems it’s not particularly reliable.

QF35 on the 330-200 had the wifi active over Aus continent. The return leg didn’t have it at all.

As an aside, love the new Finnair J seats. Crew attentive, plenty of food (did pass on the reindeer quiche offered as arrival meal into SIN).

Back to back vs QF35/36 vs AY132/131, I preferred Finnair.

Agree with all that re AY - including flaky wi-fi BKK-HEL - even when I paid for some more!

 

[markis10]

Must give Finnair a try again soon, last time was a week of status runs ex BKK to either SIN or HKG, in a MD11! Food was good, and each time the look on the crew as I boarded the return trip was priceless, as the crew did the return trip too.

 

[kpc]

I would avoid Flying Ay for now...risk of flight cancellation is real and high!

Flew Ay Fco-Hel, Hel-Hkg, then Qf Hkg- Mel, starting last Mon.

Have been on tenterhooks about flight cancellations; day before our flight Fco-Hel cancelled, 2 days after, Hel- Hkg cancelled. Dodged a couple of bullets there...could easily have been stranded in Europe over Easter!

More info re Ay pilot strikes below:

https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/04/14/finnair-flight-cancellations-january-18-april-13-2025/

 

[anat0l]

I would avoid Flying Ay for now...risk of flight cancellation is real and high!

Flew Ay Fco-Hel, Hel-Hkg, then Qf Hkg- Mel, staring last Mon.

Have been on tenterhooks about flight cancellations; day before our flight Fco-Hel cancelled, 2 days after, Hel- Hkg cancelled. Dodged a couple of bullets there...could easily have been standed in Europe over Easter!

More info re Ay pilot strikes below:

https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/04/14/finnair-flight-cancellations-january-18-april-13-2025/

So how did you recover from the cancellations? Did AY actively assist you in this regard?

 

[kpc]

So how did you recover from the cancellations? Did AY actively assist you in this regard?

Our flights weren't cancelled

 

[anat0l]

Our flights weren't cancelled

Ah, just reread the post, makes sense now.

 

[kpc]

More info about Finnair pilots'ongoing strike:

Finnair cancels hundreds of summer flights due to pilots' contract dispute

The cancellations are due to redundancy talks that the airline has been conducting with pilots since February.

yle.fi

 

[kpc]

I should add the food in J from Hel to Hkg was a shocker unless you like reindeer! Smoked reindeer salad starter, and reindeer meatballs was one of the main choices. No Asian options despite the Asian destination and all Hong Kong female flight attendants.

 

[anat0l]

I should add the food in J from Hel to Hkg was a shocker unless you like reindeer!

Looks like it's the strike game plan.