QANTAS/FINNAIR A330-300 QF291 Economy Class - Sydney to Singapore Flight Review (Mar 2024) (4K)
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2024
- Yes, this is a Qantas flight, on a Finnair aircraft.
Starting in late October, 2023, Finnair commenced SYD-SIN & SIN-SYD flights for Qantas under a Wet Lease agreement. Basically, a Qantas flight, on a Finnair aircraft with Finnair crew (to allow the Qantas aircraft normally used for these flights to service other cities.
As per normal, no flight out of Sydney is taken without a visit to the Qantas First Lounge (access by way of Frequent Flyer status). Being breakfast, Sweet Corn Fritters and Eggs Benedict were the usual suspects. Plus, being the flight leaves at 12:30pm, at 11:00am the menu changes from Breakfast to All Day Dining, so before boarding the flight it was time to try something new, and the Fabbrica Pappardelle with roast pumpkin, sage and burnt butter did not disappoint.
Then it was time for boarding.
Today's flight I will be seated in 31L (NOT 33L), the front (bulkhead) row of Economy.
The legroom is amazing, views of the wing and engine great, screen is on the bulkhead so no sore neck looking down at a in-seat based screen, HOWEVER, the fold out table was half the size of the normal tray tables, and it did not slide forward, so for larger frames, it will be very awkward to use. Fortunately the seat next to me was empty, so I used that tray table in conjunction with my own.
Kung Pao Chicken and Fried Rice, followed by an Ice Cream was served shortly into the flight, being a 7-8hr flight there was only a small mid-flight snack, and a boxed Pizza Slice and beverage shortly prior to landing. (Snacks were always available in the rear galley, or by asking the crew).
The flights was very smooth, and a good mix of Qantas & Finnair. The pillows, blanket, headphones etc were all from Qantas. The IFE was a modified Finnair version with Qantas content, the flight map was by Finnair which is one of the better map & flight tracking products out there.
The Singapore Based Finnair Cabin Crew were fantastic. Inflight service was friendly, efficient & professional.
Singapore arrival was on time, and with the Immigration documentation already completed on the SG Arrivals app, plus only have carry on baggage, I was on the MRT to the city in no time.
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Recorded on the 21st March, 2024
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QF291 Departed from SYD Gate 35, not 25.
Also I was seated in 31L NOT 33L
Lovely cinema photography. Beautiful images. The First Lounge shots always make me hungry. Many thanks.
Thank you, the food in the First Lounge is very good, and having access is something I truly appreciate.
Thanks for the report! Still strange to the see Finnair colours in SYD :) The last time I was on a Finnair A330 it was a location flight HEL-CPH. Qatar Airways also use Finnair A330 services, Finnair feeds Doha from three Nordic capitals.
Thank you (Kiitos), I have been wanting to do this flight (and the return flight which I will have a video on in the coming weeks) since they started in late October, 2023. I was actually flying back from Helsinki to Singapore on a Finnair A359 flight a few days prior to this service starting, my timing was slightly off as I could have done both flights on AY aircraft. The Sydney to Bangkok (& return) Finnair service starts this weekend, so we will have 2 x AY A333's visiting us on most days. I have the DOH/HEL flight on my 'to do' list.
Great trip report! Loved the views from the First Class lounge, and as usual takeoffs from SYD are always amazing😍
Thank you
Nice to see you pop up again so soon. Also some good sunny weather for take off in Sydney for a change.mmmmm!!!! You mentioned to me recently that you had an upcoming Finnair/Qantas flight to Singapore in the works. I like the roomy Economy class. Hope Qantas takes note and tries to improve their fleet. Take note new Qantas Management. Regards, Les in Melbourne.
If you are able to snag what are normally classed as ‘Economy Comfort’ seats at the front, you are afforded a generous amount of legroom, especially the bulkhead row. The Comfort seats are easy to identify with the upgraded leather type headrest over the standard fabric ones. On the A330 I think it was only the front row on the side seating, & the first 4-5 rows in the centre section.
My return flight video is from the very back row to give a fair overview of the economy seating.
I believe the new seating Qantas has announced for the new A350’s & other aircraft will be right up there… I hope.
Just flew Finnair last week on HEL-LHR-HEL, got to love the A350 on the short haul route even in economy, especially when it’s in the Marimekko Kivet livery, and of course you can’t miss the blueberry juice! The refurbished AY A330s I’ve found to be really comfortable and better than the A350s, which only got new seat covers. This was the case at least on my last flight to JFK, altough the pair of two seats to myself might have helped. Love to see them flying down under as well, thanks for the lovely report!
I have flown the A350 a few times between HEL & LHR, on 2 occasions it was one of the last flights before the cabin upgrades (videos are online for both). Most recently I couldn’t be as flexible with timing so flew the A321 instead. I have at least 4 flights later this year between LHR & HEL (all in Economy this time). Great thing is for approx €30 you can select a Premium Economy seat, with Economy service.
And the Blueberry Juice… Addictive.
Thank you, Kiitos for the kind words.
Finnair rocks. One of the best airlines. Used to get them all the time from Helsinki back to Oz. Torille Tavataan!!
Lately if I am not flying Qantas, it will be with Finnair. I am looking forward to getting back to Helsinki in June, then a few more times later in the year. Kiitos.
I had reservations when i found out i was travelling Finnair after booking qantas as ive heard Finnair have reduced their economy offering to basic 1 meal choice and no pillow. Alas, Qantas informed me as its a qantas flight on a finnair jet we will still get qantas service, which has put my mind at ease.
Plenty of food, everything aside from the aircraft and crew are Qantas products. Given it was a day flight of less than 8hrs, we had a hot meal after departure, they came through the cabin a few times with snacks and drinks during the flight (plus you could go to the Galley and grab a snack) plus the small hot snack prior to arrival.
I flew on the Qantas A330 service between Singapore & Sydney last June and the food offering was the same. (and all seats had QF Blankets, Pillows & Headphones).
2-4-2 Is That I Preferred In Economy Class.Great Video
I find that configuration is more suitable for couples and families. The 3-3-3 is ok if not a full flight and you have an empty seat, but if full, no thank you.
About a year ago, I was presented by a high-end cruise ship company via my travel agent to fly MEL-DOH and then Finnair to and from CPH in business class. That offer was rejected outright because the then current TripAdvisor reviews for Finnair were shocking - with only a few high ratings sprinkled in between the mass of negative reviews. I'm glad of that because Qatar's DOH-CPH and return was in a very comfortable B787 with outstanding in-flight service rather than in Finnair's A330 ancient-looking business class.
All the Finnair A330’s have the amazing new Collin’s AirLounge seats. I believe from the outset of the Finnair flights out of DOH they have used the new cabins. At least with Finnair you cannot get Qatared by their terrible Business Class offering on some aircraft (3 across in Business Class, no thank you).
@@ausflyer ... agreed with the horrible 2-3-2 business class layout. At the end of the year we've got 1-2-1 A380 Emirates on 3 legs but 2-3-2 in an Emirates 777-300ER BUD- -DXB. At least its a relatively short flight compared to the other flights in A380s. BTW, on our flights with Qatar MEL-DOH-MEL in Q seating (excellent), I'd forgotten just how noisy B777s are - even up front.
Great video. Its too funny how qantas is using a finnair plane. El cheapo. Were they strict with the checked bag weight. Did you check in a bag. How would you rate the food and customer service from one to ten
They are leasing Finnair A333’s to cover both Singapore & from this weekend, Bangkok flights to/from Sydney. This is due to massive delays with both Boeing & Airbus not being able to deliver new aircraft. If anything, with the upgraded cabins these aircraft are better than what QF have. Everything on board, pillows, blankets, headphones, food, drinks is exactly as you would get on a Qantas aircraft.
I was only in Singapore for the weekend, so carry on only. Checked bags are all weighed at check in, so no way around that. As with all international flights, the limits are strict, but even on a basic fare you have more than enough allowance starting at 30kg per person.
The service was excellent, and for economy meals they were good, with main meal soon after departure, mid-flight snack & pre-arrival hot snack (8hr day flight). 9.5/10
@@ausflyer so you could have one bag at 30kg or it must be broken apart. 30kg is a heavy bag
@@duaneowens7777 For flights to Asia, Qantas allow multiple baggage items up to 30kg for passengers flying Economy with no frequent flyer status. So you could have 2 bags at 15kg each. No single piece of baggage can exceed 32kg. With my Qantas Frequent Flyer Status my baggage limit is 50kg, if flying Business Class it would be 60kg. Overall the baggage limits I believe are generous. (You can take more, you would just need to pay for it).