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Welcome to my channel!
I'm Harri from Turku, Finland. I'm moved by everything that moves me, from bicycles to trains and airplanes. Here I share some glimpses of my travel escapades, hope you enjoy them. Just doing this for fun.
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I'm Harri from Turku, Finland. I'm moved by everything that moves me, from bicycles to trains and airplanes. Here I share some glimpses of my travel escapades, hope you enjoy them. Just doing this for fun.
You can also find me on
Instagram: hataaal
Spotify: Viimeinen Kuulutus podcast (in Finnish), IG: viimeinenkuulutuspodi
China Airlines A350-900 Business class
It's been loooong time since the last flight I had with a Skyteam airline. This was also my first time trying out China Airlines. They didn't disappoint, but it wasn't a memorable flight either. Gotta say that Taipei and Taiwan on the other hand were absolutely awesome.
Airline: China Airlines
Route: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Taoyuan International Airport
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Flight number: CI762
Duration: 5h11m
Seat: 12A
Airline: China Airlines
Route: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Taoyuan International Airport
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Flight number: CI762
Duration: 5h11m
Seat: 12A
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Qatar Airways' second best business class - 787-9 Adient Ascent
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Back with a video after a while, this time reviewing Qatar Airways 787-9 Adient Ascent business class. I had tried QR's Qsuite before which is pretty much class-leader, and was interested to try their other business class products. While Adient Ascent is nowhere close to Qsuite as a hard product, combined with QR's soft product it's still a very nice place to spend a flight. Airline: Qatar Airw...
Best European Narrowbody Business Class - Icelandair Saga Class
zhlédnutí 2,2KPřed 6 měsíci
I generally do not think business class holds much value on intra-euro routes, unless you happen to have a widebody rotation, which is more an exception. It is more common elsewhere in the world for business class to also have a distinctive hard product on a narrowbody aircraft. Icelandair happens to be a welcome anomaly among European airlines to also have this kind of a product. It is worth m...
Business class on an A220 - airBaltic shows how it's done
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 8 měsíci
I honestly wonder why I hadn't flown airBaltic before this trip, as they operate to my hometown airport. But better late than never! They truly have turned things around, no longer being only a low-cost carrier, but a straight-on rival to legacy carriers on intra-euro routes. Airline: airBaltic Route: Riga International Airport - Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Aircraft: Airbus A22...
Saphir Odoriko Premium Green class from Itō to Tokyo
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A quick review of my train trip from Itō, Shizuoka to Tokyo onboard the Saphir Odoriko sightseeing train in Premium Green class. While I've had my share of various shinkansen, there are still tons of different trains in Japan I'd like to experience, and Saphir Odoriko was an easy one to start things off with. And even if I made my journey in Premium Green, trust me, you won't suffer in a green ...
Singapore Airlines 787-10 Business Class - Like Singapore Sling, it never gets old
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Singapore Airlines has been in the top bracket of global aviation giants for a while now so it was time to see if these accolades hold true. SQ has pretty much divided their aircraft for short, medium and long haul service, with 737s flying short haul, 787s medium haul, A350s medium and long haul, and 777s & A380s long haul as well. And what can I say, lovely hard and soft products for a medium...
The pinnacle of high-speed train travel in Europe - Frecciarossa 1000 Executive class
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I had tried Trenitalia first class on another Frecciarossa before, but Frecciarossa 1000 is the pinnacle with completely distinct hard product. I can't remember any faults from this journey, except the service perhaps wasn't quite as proactive as I would have hoped, but then again it still was extremely friendly. In any case, if more rail travel was like this I'd love trains even more than I do...
First time on an overnight train - VR's Lapland Sleeper Cabin
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I had never traveled on a night train before and felt like my summer holiday was the perfect time to address that. VR's night and car trains certainly appear as an easy way to get to Lapland and back, while you yourself can just kick back and relax. However, one issue that I do have though is with VR's pricing. One-way ticket from Rovaniemi to Turku, admittedly in the more expensive cabin that ...
Business Class Supremacy - Qatar Airways QSuite
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Over the last few years Qatar Airways has garnered multiple awards from critics for its flagship business class product, the QSuite, both the airline and the product having also received high praise from passengers. This was something I had to try. Fortunately there was no last minute aircraft swap either, which QR is rather notorious of. Summarized, this flight set a new benchmark for my upper...
British Airways Club Suite - Average Joe of business classes?
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BA introduced the new Club Suite business class product back in 2018. While I've always thought that the hard product looks more than decent, in recent times BA's soft product has received serious lambasting in internet reviews. So I was interested to find out how their product was actually holding up in 2023. Airline: British Airways Route: London Heathrow-New York John F. Kennedy Aircraft: Bo...
Turku hotel comparison - Börs vs Park vs Kakola
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I've been on a break from traveling around the globe for a month now, but decided to have a small staycation in my hometown Turku, Finland. So why not set three hotels I've been wanting to try out against each other? The hotels in question: Scandic Hamburger Börs (junior suite), Park Hotel (suite), Hotel Kakola (junior suite). My perception of Scandic hotels is that they're mediocre, but this t...
Finnair's new business class - awesome hard product, second-rate soft product
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First of all, I love Finnair's new AirLounge seat. It's spacy, good-looking and overally really comfortable. I've always exited the plane feeling refreshed after spending time in it. So it was rather depressing to experience a serious lapse in Finnair's soft product. Now this is only one flight of course, but it shows the possibility of major ups&downs in the quality of service. Airline: Finnai...
Japan Airlines' impressive business class - Sky Suite III
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I got to test the Sky Suite I on NRT-BKK and was excited to see how Sky Suite III would compare. SSIII lacks some space and privacy compared to SSI but it's still a comfortable seat. There are some details in the product that could be fine-tuned, but overall JAL business class is very nice place to spend time at. There's still Sky Suite II to test out someday, and of course their First class pr...
Finnair's old A350 business class - Still up to date?
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I was eager to compare Finnair's old A350 Cirrus III business class seats on HEL-NRT to the new AirLounge seats on my return flight. As it happens, the latter beats the former hands down. However, I was most excited to land in Japan after almost three years. Had a great time there, e.g. testing the Gran class onboard E5 Hayabusa shinkansen. A video on that is already out, be sure to check it if...
Hayabusa Gran class - First class on a bullet train
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This was one of the highlights of my recent trip to Japan, a first class product on Tohoku shinkansen E5-series Hayabusa. I love Japan, and I love Japanese trains, there's just so much variety. I've travelled in Green class before on Tokaido shinkansen N700-series Nozomi. Absolutely loved the Gran class, I got to spend three hours on it on Tokyo-Sendai-Tokyo routing. Perhaps a bit costly, but t...
Japan Airlines business class - Sky Suite I is almost like, well, a suite!
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Japan Airlines business class - Sky Suite I is almost like, well, a suite!
Business class on a smaller jet - Finnair Embraer E190
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Business class on a smaller jet - Finnair Embraer E190
Finnair's short-haul A319 business class
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Finnair's short-haul A319 business class
Trenitalia's Frecciarossa Executive class (First class)
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Trenitalia's Frecciarossa Executive class (First class)
Finnair's short-haul economy class on Embraer E190
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Finnair's short-haul economy class on Embraer E190
Aboard the passenger ferry Viking Glory & flying a retro Nyxair Saab 340A
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Aboard the passenger ferry Viking Glory & flying a retro Nyxair Saab 340A
Finnair's renewed business class - Trying out the AirLounge
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Finnair's renewed business class - Trying out the AirLounge
Riding on VR InterCity Ekstra class (business class)
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Riding on VR InterCity Ekstra class (business class)
i'm flying finnair e190 soon in business. Nice review :) So will business pax get 2 seats for one person or can you if unlucky have a passanger on the seat next to you? looks like you got one, but maybe it was a travel partner?
@@morten3219 Unfortunately every seat is used in Finnair's E190 business class so you might end up with a stranger next to you. That is the biggest downside to it. I had the benefit of traveling with my father at the time so it didn't matter so much in my case. Finnair has announced that they'll be refitting their Embraers with new cabins in the near future so this might change but there is no schedule released yet.
@@EndlessTakeOffoh.. I’ll just hope for a little load on the business class passengers then. Interesting with new cabin but I don’t think they install real business class seat though
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Great Video! Well done
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Got to hope Finnair get their finances up soon enough. The service is okayish but the cost cutting is visible. I enjoyed the crew very much on my HEL-JFK-HEL trip this summer and have found Finnair crew awesome on my other experiences flying them in europe.
Shout out to the Average Joes. My average Joe flight was only $2900 r/t(Avios got it down from $3300) from jfk to dubai. Great food, lounge & lie flat bed for $2900 I'd be average over & over 😮. Good vid
Shame this stopped using the China S&P sets.
BA Club Suite is much better than Lufthansa Business class, says a German fly guy .😅😅😅😅
Fully agree on that. This might be reversed though, now that Lufthansa will be getting their new cabins.
I flew Hong Kong to Helsinki yesterday. I absolutely loved the seat but had a similar catering experience. Food was bland and no breakfast choices. I liked the cocktails though. But the staff was not really impressive…
Thanks for your reply. Flight now completed and it was brilliant. My connecting flight from LHR docked 5 minutes after the flight to SIN began boarding, and I was onboard the beautiful A350 with 20 minutes of having landed, as priority had already boarded. I found the seat wonderful; it exceeded my expectation. I really enjoyed it. The crew were simply exemplary. It was all male and led by a wonderfully enthusiastic, fun CSD. I'd say it was better than Qatar's crew because they seemed more genuine. The food was wonderful. The two hors d'oeuvres were small and so imaginative. Michelin standard. The main course, pre booked, was delicious and the cheeses exquisite. I enjoyed two films on the ICE. Breakfast was again excellent. My only whinge was the cabin temperature was too high for my liking and there are no gaspers to give air flow. Nonetheless, I managed about 5 hours sleep so that was fine. I'm a convert now to Finnair. Checking out other destinations.
Great trip report. Enjoyed watching it.
I'm flying today with finnair for the first time, Geneva to Helsinki. Also Embraer 190, also seat 2F 😄. I'm just puzzled... I don't see much difference with economy seats. Not wider, not more space for legs... That's a bit disappointing.
As is sadly the case with most European airlines, there is no difference between economy and business class seats on intra-euro flights. What you get is slightly better legroom, breakfast/lunch/dinner & drink service, and on larger aircraft like A320 series the middle seats are blocked so nobody sits next to you and you can use it as storage etc.
@@EndlessTakeOff thanks. To be honest, I don't feel more legroom than economy. The passenger in front of me had reclined his seat, and it became impossible for me to work on my laptop. For a business seat, not great to not be able to work. This being said, to be fair, on the following longhaul flight on an A350 finnair , the business seat was great. And on both flights, the crew was also great.
I'm off from HEL to SIN tomorrow and watching this video enhanced my trepidation. I like the fact that Finnair uses Airbus, so enhanced safety, but my journey with them in 2018 to and from BKK was not good. Food was actually ok, but service was unbelievably slow. I was in row 4 and wasn't approached for food or drink until 2 hours into a midnight flight. The cabin was too hot, and I was awoken by a member of cabin crew talking to an elderly passenger some 4 metres away from me as he was possibly a bit deaf. Their conversation lasted half an hour. I'm intrigued by the new seat, but not optimistic about much else.
I did the same HEL-SIN(& SIN-HEL) in August last year and soft product was so-so. SIN route has outsourced crews which to me came through as less polished service, and in general leads to perhaps even more variation & unpredictableness in crews' know-how and willingness to do good customer service. In Finnair's defence I did HND-HEL a couple weeks ago and had the best crew I've had in years in business class on any airline. But it's definitely true that see-saw between disappointing and great crews is frustratingly becoming a norm with AY. I'd say you'll love the seat if you like lounging in different positions on your couch at home, but if you're more of an armchair/recliner person then it might not be your cup of tea.
I flew the new Finnair Business Class to JFK a few weeks ago and I was blown away! Super cozy coon and great food and service.
great video!🚄😍
Enjoyed the video, and now subscribed. Cheers!
Love the out doors camreas on Finneair.Good job
i'm flying this new business class seat as well soon. so thanks for your review. How was it without the function of reclining your seat? did manage to find good lounge seating still without the reclining deat?
I really liked it, but I can see that this may somewhat divide opinions. If you like different lounging positions at home on your couch (like I do), with your legs up on an ottoman, cross-legged, hugging your leg(s) etc. you’re going to love it. However, if you mostly like to sit on an armchair/recliner, then it might not be the best option for you. But I suggest approaching it with an open mind and finding out, it isn't necessarily a love or hate thing either. I hope you have a great flight! 😊
@@EndlessTakeOff I’ll think I’m gonna love it then :) looking forward to more videos from you.