Finnair for Qantas and the Non-Reclining Seat

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7 ай бұрын

Join me on the first-ever Finnair-operated flight for Qantas from Singapore to Sydney. Discover the unique features of this special service, including a detailed review of Finnair's innovative and unique non-reclining Business Class seat - a design that challenges traditional luxury travel.
My last Qantas Business Class flight: • Qantas A330 Business C...
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@bg02261989 7 ай бұрын

I like the way how you do your reviews. It's more authentic and more enjoyable to watch compared to other well known reviewers. Keep that good work.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@electro_sykes 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula its all about outsourcing and downgrading their product and most importantly, cutting off flights from Brisbane

@chayyoutube3464 7 ай бұрын

Hands down best aviation review KZfaqr I have seen - somehow making business class flying relatable. Keep it up you'll go far!

@HappyAdventurer 6 ай бұрын

I think why your videos are great to watch is it feels like we are experiencing it with you as if we are there too. Keep it up!

@llamavert 7 ай бұрын

Love the flow and format of this video, very interesting seeing the inside of these new flights. Keep up the great videos!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@aerorift 7 ай бұрын

Hey man, I love your videos, keep it up! Don't stop! Your channel has lots of potential

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do! Got quite a few videos in the pipeline!

@Soapy4soapy 7 ай бұрын

Love your editing style! I do hope you take a fully finnair operated flight soon!! Absolutely love love love the nordic atmosphere and the catering does not miss

@mikrokupu 5 ай бұрын

They have Qantas service concept on these Finnair flights, so Qantas catering also

@prkrparkerprkr 7 ай бұрын

Showed us the right stuff and answered all the questions I would’ve asked - great vid

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Cheers mate!

@walkwithjonas7920 6 ай бұрын

Great review, I agree with you: the seat is amazing and comfy!

@aghunter831 7 ай бұрын

Your reviews are brilliant mate, brilliant formula - keep it up. Looking forward to the next one!

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@tidalfaun 7 ай бұрын

Im doing this is just a few days and im so glad you did this video because i was honestly wondering about all of this codeshare stuff myself

@JohnCox-qj1yg 5 ай бұрын

Stumbled on your channel by accident. Thank you for providing thoughtful, funny and good information on travelling. I rate your channel.

@FinlandGuy747 7 ай бұрын

Greetings from Finland! Nice to see our planes down under.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Hello there!

@yourbabexx 7 ай бұрын

What a great review and I loved the memes, you made me laugh out loud. Greetings from Finland! ☃️

@ulfw 7 ай бұрын

Your reports are always so interesting. Well done.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@MrAnniebaby 7 ай бұрын

Great review ! Thank you for sharing

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@shehebehsuebwisshgauwbevsjs 27 күн бұрын

Love your channel mate, great presentation and entertainment!

@nordar. 7 ай бұрын

Great Video, I love ur channel!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@someguyoninternet7542 7 ай бұрын

First. Another great video mate, keep it up!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate it!

@playerz6215 7 ай бұрын

All of ur vids are absolute superb especially for an avgeek like myself keep it up mahn ;)

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@pierrenine5775 7 ай бұрын

Good to get your comprehensive take on this unique venture. I was reading a review of it in Executive Traveller Magazine earlier, and they pick up on many of the points you comment on. They mention the washroom amenities are provided by Finnair, although one would have to wonder why. They describe the IFE as being Qantas content behind Finnair`s user interface. Reviews I`ve read of the Finnair soft product lately suggest due to cost cutting the catering isn`t what is once was. Great review, thank you!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

I saw that the executive traveller review came out last week but avoided reading it til I was finished with the edit, thanks for the reminder, I’ll go give it a read!

@FromtheWindowSeat 7 ай бұрын

Enjoyable review. Nice work!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@isaacflyaway 7 ай бұрын

Interesting to see Finnair operating a Qantas flight. Loved the new hard products Finnair has on their widebody aircraft. :)

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@mattwalsh6105 7 ай бұрын

Nice to see you getting some views 💪💪

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

👍🤟

@ediamintv 7 ай бұрын

The Hard Product is definitely better ! You gotta new subscriber bud ! Keep on🙏🏽

@socorrotiremmedaqui 7 ай бұрын

You are so underrated. New sub!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Oh thank you!

@socorrotiremmedaqui 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula You're welcome I hope to see you rate Tap Air Portugal some day!

@absurdtales 7 ай бұрын

Qantas wifi being subpar truly giving customers the Australian experience lmao

@camomiletea6708 7 ай бұрын

Qantas should have dry leased these aircraft. Instead what they have done is a typical Qantas stitch up. The aircraft use Finnair pilots, but the cabin crew are actually employed by Qantas’ Thai labour hire company and wear Finnair uniforms. The cabin crew are neither paid the Finnair award nor the Qantas International cabin crew award. They are paid less than either of these awards, hence Qantas typical stitch up to avoid employing Australian staff and paying them properly. I am surprised the Australian Pilots and Cabin crew unions agreed to this deal where their members have missed out on jobs with Qantas gaming the system as usual.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

100%

@mark123655 7 ай бұрын

It's a short term wet lease, then it transfers to a dry lease afaik

@lawrenceakini4981 6 ай бұрын

Seasons’ Holidays! Fly safe. Cheers.

@fadhilhm 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video, mate.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@fadhilhm 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula I was really curious about this FinnAir-Qantas flight and now you covered it 👍

@as-guardianangel9360 27 күн бұрын

Finnair is great. Flew the 350 from DFW-HEL. Amazing flight, great crew

@simonfieldhouse4359 7 ай бұрын

Love the cut to Celine. Great vid

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@vinniebanks2206 7 ай бұрын

i like your reviews mate

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

@vinniebanks2206 7 ай бұрын

you on facebook too? fan from NZ bro

@rod_at_adelaide5766 7 ай бұрын

Great review I liked all your thoughts on different things. That meal looked pretty ordinary for business class

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Cheers, yeah it was!

@michellestevens2454 6 ай бұрын

The meal was embarrassing for business class. Quanta’s must be hurting to serve food that cheap.

@Dimassaf 7 ай бұрын

everybody complementing the videos and stuff but mannn this dude have the most attractive voice i've ever heard 😂

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

thought this was about to be a hate comment, you had me in the first half hahaha Thanks tho!

@noelcameron3827 2 ай бұрын

What are you???

@paulkazzer 7 ай бұрын

Jeez that was a very fun 30 minutes. A tip for QF passengers from Syd to London. Get the Finnair lunchtime flight to Sin as the seat is great for a daylight flight. You then have 4 extra hours to lounge crawl before connecting to QF1. Enough time to go to T4 CX lounge as well as QF QR and BA. Pray your luggage makes it😮

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

You reckon the Cathay lounge is worth the hike?

@LiquidTomatoo 7 ай бұрын

All Cathay biz lounges are simply top-tier among all oneworld airlines lounges, especially for asian food lovers who prefer some proper rice or noodles, or dim-sum. And the iconic greatest of all time Cathay Delight@@FlightFormula

@mikrokupu 7 ай бұрын

Btw you can now have Finnair's new business seat all the way SYD-HEL-LHR :) Finnair have A350 on SIN-HEL and also on HEL-LHR, 2x daily on most days. The "Reindeer Route" can be surprisingly fast.

@jimbohr 7 ай бұрын

@@mikrokupu flew the a350- lhr-hel-lhr, and it was nice to have a widebody plane for a 3 hour flight each way.

@davidshepherd6104 7 ай бұрын

@@mikrokuputhe SIN-HEL is two hours longer that it used to be due the fact that they can no longer fly over Russian airspace due to the invasion of Ukraine. The flight from HEL-LHR is almost 3 hours.

@aanaji 7 ай бұрын

Diptyque is definitely expensive! Fun fact: Qatar has been using their products since 2021 in their lounges and in March 2022 began supplying Diptyque amenity kits in-flight

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Ahh, that's pretty cool about Diptyque! I'm going to have to give Qatar a shot just for the amenity kit...

@emercycrite 7 ай бұрын

Also the brand of choice for Ritz Carlton’s bathroom toiletries

@scottnichols3685 7 ай бұрын

Great video.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@pullformore 7 ай бұрын

Great report, really professionally put together! Thank you! However, you're missing mentioning the best part of the Finnair seat: that surround padding also works as a very effective sound deadener. You really cannot hear anything once you are ensconced into the seat/bed: you're left in your own private world. It really is a brilliant design.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, good point!

@chenseanxy 7 ай бұрын

Flew their A350 business cabin back in August, interesting to see the service under Qantas. I currently feel like this is among the best seats in business, where everything is just laid out so logically, and there's just so much room to get cozy. The IFE is definately better with the Qantas selection though, although the Finnair UI is dope, the selection on Finnair is just lacking.. Love the review

@silvyvc 7 ай бұрын

You could have also accessed the EK lounge which was next to QR. also pretty good quality lounge

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Damn , you are right on this! Imma have to visit it next time.

@richardwilson5913 7 ай бұрын

The EK lounge is way better than Qantas or BA, maybe not quite as good as Qatar.

@robbiemorrison7085 7 ай бұрын

BA are doing a lot of these within Europe as well.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yeah true! They’re leasing the A320’s right?

@funk44 7 ай бұрын

Part way through, but 4 lounges as Qantas gold (and above) will get you access to Emirates and I'm pretty sure there are two Melbourne flights per night from Singapore

@thesome882 7 ай бұрын

Very good video

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@mark123655 7 ай бұрын

Great video and good job editing. The meal is very Qantas ex-Asia. They basically do a quick/ abbreviated service to maximise sleep on all those routes. WiFi wil deoend on their contracts. Finnairs provider mightnt have coverage over the area.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@mmpfinn 7 ай бұрын

I like your real and captivating style. As a Finn always craving for natural stuff from the homeland I do prefer Sees products to perfumed Diptyque; which are a really cool brand though, no denial there. I live in Sydney and always fly Finnair back home and feel I am half way there when I step onboard. A biased note but Qantas should have licensed the Marimekko linen too…😉

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've just googled the Marimekko, they definitely should have gone with it!

@DD-jg7er 7 ай бұрын

The qantas x sofi spritz is my favourite but it’s 8% alc.

@Normalaatsra 7 ай бұрын

Never thought of how a 'collab' flight would be like. You'd think it would be no different from a 5th freedom flight handled by Finnair but there are many details that show that Qantas does have influence over this deal. It's truly unique.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, very strange and unique.

@craigwelch8916 7 ай бұрын

Yes, the vile food showed off the Qantas touch nicely.

@mikrokupu 7 ай бұрын

Finnair is known for their creative deals with other airlines. They also operate flights to DOH from 3 Nordic airports, a joint venture with Qatar Airways. Qatar sells the majority of the seats on these flights, you can say the new Business seat is approved by QR :)

@bds990 7 ай бұрын

Extra points for Rufus du sol mention

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Ah I love them!

@cmonuhorns8888 7 ай бұрын

Solid review mate. Did u get a peek at economy.. Is it 2 on the side I wonder? Was gonna book this run for March but was worried it would not count toward BA tier renewal but the seats look excellent

@KoiranenAerospace 6 ай бұрын

9:15 because it's wet lease operation with Finnair's AOC, the operations and safety related things (cabin safety procedures, safety demo) are from Finnair, even the customer service is in accordance with Qantas service. I don't remember Qantas safety demo that well, but generally there could even be some differences for example for the limitations when you can use mobile devices (connected to network) and so on between the operators, so the different safety demo might be technically incorrect (on top of the different business class seat).

@JJ-vy2rh 7 ай бұрын

Just subbed like the videos, what credit card you use?

@sarge_4412 7 ай бұрын

I flew in economy on the Sydney to Singapore leg with FinnAir for Qantas last month and it was so confusing lol. Good flight though

@walkwithjonas7920 6 ай бұрын

for a 14hr night flight from HKG to HEL we did not get PJs - maybe they changed OR it a feature of the Qantas service

@paulsz6194 7 ай бұрын

It’s not a real Finnair flight without Finnair’s famous Blueberry juice , served in a Ultima Thule Glass! I wouldn’t recommend Finnair’s economy class product- they only give you ONE main meal choice ( well, it’s not really a choice then, unless you order a diabetic meal) along with ONE alcoholic drink throughout your whole flight- anything more has to be paid for as an additional extra!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Ahh yes the blueberry juice, I've heard good things!

@MrTallpoppy58 19 күн бұрын

Good review man, thanks. For the future, consider people of a different size to you, i.e. big guys. You're tall & lean, how would a BIG guy go in this seat ?

@Musa93 7 ай бұрын

Not Celine Dion making a guest appearance in the quanta’s lounge 😂😂🤎🤎

@HaroldKumar89 Ай бұрын

amazing video, newly subscribed! what’s the bgm at 4:36?

@richierich087 7 ай бұрын

6:42 - Qantas boarding music was being played 😂

@nikserof2183 7 ай бұрын

Another entertaining report 😁. 5:30 Really? 😮 I'm no chef, but it looks deep fried (like you'd get an any Westfield food court) rather than char grilled like you'd get in a night market in, say, Singapore or Penang.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

I don’t know, I’ve had Penang night market satay and this was as good or better!

@bkhaley 7 ай бұрын

Funny story. I started the video and saw you were leaving on 10/29 and laughed to myself saying “I left SIN on 10/29” so kept on watching. Fast forward until you walk into the Qatar lounge and boom, saw myself in the background. I was sitting in the bar having a drink before flying back to the US through Doha. I’m the guy in blueish-green over your shoulder while you were having dinner. This video was a treat to run across and seriously made my day. Great to re-experience that amazing lounge. Cheers! 5:25

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha what a coincidence! Did you try the lounge dining?

@Konga2.o 7 ай бұрын

The memes just made my day

@SebbyPickle 6 ай бұрын

I was on this flight

@Ksandur 7 ай бұрын

Damnit, that IFE crashing is a real problem with Finnair, had it on both my longhaul hel-sin and hnd-hel flights too... hope they fix it at some point

@stephengorian2944 7 ай бұрын

So definitely hit up the qatar lounge up over qantas if flying business?

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

100%

@DJ99777 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting dissertation. I have not come across your channel since before. Just wondering if you don’t mind me asking what your orientation is ? Do you have any association with Qontas?

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

No association with Qantas!

@ThomasMackay 6 ай бұрын

Hey Simon, thoroughly enjoyed your video! What do you do when you’re not travelling and making KZfaq videos/flight hacking?

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

Hi Thomas, thanks mate! Ahh I’ve got my own business. (Unrelated to this)

@Mia_Louiise 7 ай бұрын

The token Qantas Attendant 😂 I’m traveling next year Sydney/Bangkok with Finnair.

@FinlandGuy747 7 ай бұрын

20:38 Those games are defenently a finnair thing. Angry Birds is even invented in Finland.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Ahh good to know, it was a very good selection!

@sudipthapa622 7 ай бұрын

Hey just wanna ask something Can we able to access other partner airlines lounges, if we have Qantas business class ticket ?

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yep!

@sudipthapa622 7 ай бұрын

thanks for reply @@FlightFormula

@geoperth Ай бұрын

if you had wifi you would have seen the flight cancel while in the air and possibly could have fixed it in the air .

@Coolwow437 7 ай бұрын

Hey what do you think of Qantas partnership with Finnair

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

A strange but good one!

@Coolwow437 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula same im flying Finnair Wednesday next week I’ll be on standby

@VisualApproach 7 ай бұрын

Lost it at 18:23 😂😂

@tavita8699 7 ай бұрын

Qantas Business class food sucks. Fire Neil Perry Choose an airline that gives you value for your money A very well honest review It just goes to show how Finnair Business class is no better than Qantas Great vlog thank you

@darchinova 7 ай бұрын

How tall are you? Just to understand your foot room experience vs others 😊

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Like around 185cm, it would probably suit someone much shorter, I didn't find the length an issue though.

@edwardesdaile-watts2392 9 күн бұрын

Sad whats happened to Qantas

@rocas20401 7 ай бұрын

How funny, I was literally flying on the chair behind you. Totally agree with you, I was very looking forward to this trip, but sadly, it did not exceed my expectations, although the chair was pretty spacious. Great channel BTW!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha WOW, I remember your face! Hello! What are the odds? Yeah it was definitely a bit of a let down (mostly the Qantas side of things), did you pick this flight specifically to try Finnair?

@rocas20401 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula I picked the flight without realising it was a Finnair flight. I was even told there weren’t some options on the menu, which was a bit of a surprise for a business-class experience. Where are you off to next?

@tonyreid833 7 ай бұрын

Shitzel ?

@peterfinn6098 6 ай бұрын

Looks like it reclines to me matey.

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

Your mum reclines

@stevene465 7 ай бұрын

Not sure about the whole thing to be honest - interesting enough I guess

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

@FCOLAXCDG 7 ай бұрын

❤️🇱🇨!!!

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

❤️❤️

@lewisking94 7 ай бұрын

Funny, all the soft product stuff is way better than Finnair is these days. But the hard product really is a great seat.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yeah interesting, I didn’t know Finnairs soft product was bad?

@davidmacdougall910 7 ай бұрын

@FlightFormula Finnair's soft product is excellent in business class, long haul - these new seats are a game changer and the menus in particular highlight good Nordic flavours.

@lewisking94 7 ай бұрын

@@davidmacdougall910 soft product long haul business class is bad. Amenity kit now doesn't have anything in it apart from eye mask and ear plugs. Their food quality and size is constantly shrinking. But the seat and crew are great.

@scottjohnson1542 7 ай бұрын

Can you read my audiobooks for me - for what ever reason your voice is like asmr

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Yes but I'll only do Harry Potter 1-5

@scottjohnson1542 7 ай бұрын

@@FlightFormula I’m not even mad

@Coolwow437 7 ай бұрын

I think those qantas staff on standby before your flight ✈️

@staintong 6 ай бұрын

Who paid for your flight?

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

i did lol

@mikrokupu 7 ай бұрын

This was interesting for a Finnair regular customer, thanks! Yeah the new seat is pretty good, it's so wide and feels like a safe cocoon. Asian cabin crew is a common sight on Finnair flights, their HEL-SIN flights only have Singaporean cabin crew, they have a similar concept on HEL-HKG. You don't get service in Finnish/Swedish (Finland's official languages) on these flights, but it doesn't seem to bother Finns :) For comparison, here's a Finnair trip report on HEL-JFK (A330), around similar leght than SIN-SYD: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNB-d72Kl73ZaYU.htmlsi=gWFyeAuGdXwpWiks

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Safe cocoon is a good way of describing it!

@Moonstone-Redux 6 ай бұрын

HEL-SIN and HEL-HKG flights having more non-Finnish staff? That is really interesting and one worth looking out for in my next flight. Maybe more Singaporeans/Hong Kongers flying to Finland than Finnish flying to SG and HK?

@mikrokupu 6 ай бұрын

@@Moonstone-Redux Finnair cabin crew on HEL-SIN/HKG is 100% outsourced, to cut costs. Finnair business model in Asia is based on Europe-Asia connections, quite a few Finns on these flights, except to Thailand. Before the RUS airspace was closed, Finnair was able to offer shorter routes to Asia via HEL, of course now this advantage has been lost, more or less.

@michaelcaling 6 ай бұрын

Newer plane. That's the reason why QF leased the Finnair. QF planes are old. They were supposed to start replacing them starting 2023 but due to the pandemic it was pushed to 2025.

@FlightFormula 6 ай бұрын

And now they are refurbing them…

@emercycrite 7 ай бұрын

Are you a model?

@mikehurn3229 Ай бұрын

So confusing being Finnair with Qantas products and oh I give up! Lmao

@bds990 7 ай бұрын

All those series are hbo max shows. Hence even the bad ones aka the one with The Weeknd amade the cut. Lol

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

It's absolutely trash though hahaha

@benstevens1718 Ай бұрын

It's like the teacher is away & the substitute teacher is way hotter...

@jayceon1578 7 ай бұрын

*promo sm* 👍

@frankir5587 2 ай бұрын

legs 4 days

@Mmmmmmmmnmmm123 7 ай бұрын

Bros a cutie patootie 😂

@Adam-lo7wq 6 ай бұрын

They look like.. they're....not normal.. 🤣😂

@vrfan 6 күн бұрын

For a business class meal, that looks very average.

@harkmi3 7 ай бұрын

The Finns are not Scandinavian, they are Nordic.

@FlightFormula 7 ай бұрын

Fair point

@MICHAEL-vi4pj 7 ай бұрын

Your cute

@mariajessalopez245 20 күн бұрын

youre so cute

@Lafayette80. 7 ай бұрын

Qantas A330's are terrible. I'd almost fly to Sydney first to take this finnair flight. I've flown Finnair half dozen times, they are fantastic. The IFE is the best I've ever seen. I like how it gives you a really simple line (worm) system to let you know how far through the journey you are, when you'll be fed and when they'll dim the cabin lights for sleep. Far superior than anything else I've had.