Finnair - A330 300 - Economy Class - Helsinki (HEL) to New York (JFK) | TRIP REPORT 

Wonder how you (and unfortunately many others) can call something dumb without even trying to understand the reason behind it. Just cause you don't get it doesn't mean it's dumb. Inconvenient / unusual in your experience? Maybe. But definitely not dumb. I would expect more curiosity and research from somebody supposedly passionate about this industry. Anyway, this is usually done when the crew isn't yet ready to accept passengers on board, but delaying boarding until they are ready would cause the flight to be late. So basically the time consuming processes of scanning boarding passes / verifying passports / conducting US CBP interviews (if that is being done at the gate) are being done while waiting for the crew to be ready, and when they give the green light for boarding, the only thing left to do is to let passengers on board. This gives plenty of time for the ground crew to unload any bags of no-show passengers and to correctly fill in the information on the load sheet, and generally ensures that the flight can depart on time, meaning that connecting passengers catch their connection and that the return flight has more chances to leave on time. So yeah, it's a widely-used efficient measure to increase on-time performance where / when needed, not something dumb.

why are you not even blurring other people's faces? anyway, the report is overall nice ...

Yes QFS Aviation is back!!!

another top-notch trip report. I, and I'm sure many others, really appreciate all the time and effort you put in to making these high quality videos!! I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be watching it again soon. Well done Quebec Foxtrot Sierra and thanks for sharing! And nice drumming too!

Hello! Nice video! :) I am going to same trip on May and I am already so excited when I watch this video. I have a question. Was this small dish later (muffin and that pastry) complimentary or did you have to buy this?

Finnair ha's the worst food in the airline industry ever from Chicago O'Hare to Helsinki oh my goodness had no flavor they need to get a new menu a new chef

Another excellent tranquil trip report. 32” pitch isn’t that standard, Qantas has 31” for its A330s.

Amazing trip report! Finnair really is a great airline and joyous to travel with.

Seems to be International flights boarding at International Airports on widebodies are always chaotic, but it won't be in Omaha if I get a job with GAT (part of United Airlines) which I will be extremely organized as a customer service agent. Also if you fly into Omaha on United, you could see me if I get the job. I had a phone interview a few days ago.

Very early for one of your videos again

nice to see the 2-4-2 layout. Glad that Finnair sees the sense to keep it while most others have 3-3-3...talking about window seats and the hassle in getting past 2 other passengers

I've flown Finnair to/from Chicago, always enjoyed it. This was in the mid-2010s so they may have been on A340's I think. Loved that lounge too. I agree, easy airport to navigate and also easy to get to/from downtown Helsinki. I ought to do a trip report with them again on my next Europe trip! - Red

QFS Aviation can you please do a trip report on United , Alaska , American or Southwest to Santa Barbara?

Always enjoy flying Finnair. Nice video.

National Airline of the happiest country in the world-so were the flight attendants very friendly?

For the water the bottle looks like ÖBB Nightjet's Vöslauer but tastes much better.

I agree this boarding process is stupid, i have seen same style in london heathrow.

Thanks QFS !

Hello, I see there are two audio jacks so I do not need a splitter to use two headphone sets?

Thanks for filming, editing, and posting. Great video and music.

My Opiuion is Finnair on of thest Airlines in Europe.Great work

I take it you don't speak English...

17:26 - #passengershaming. Gotta follow that page.

I am contemplating to fly on Finnair to visit beautiful Finland someday in the near future !! Their premium business ? seats are looking so good ,but not sure if I can afford them ! Although they're at very attractive prices !! So,watching what their economy seats are like in a video like this helps a lot ! Thanks ! 😊 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️🇫🇮💞

I am not familiar with Northern Europe but Finnland's roots are not Scandinavian but Baltic & Hungarian.

Love finnair :)

I wouldn't like starting a flight in such a chaotic manner. Thanks Quintin for a nice report.😀💚

Very nice. Yes please to the lounge with showers. But for me, the former blue & white livery was the beautiful one. Also preferred the former font. :)

3:46 Loading those E190s are the worst. Their bellies are tiny.

Aerolínea Finnair, saludos. Les pido mejorar el servicio de entrega de equipajes en su destino a sus clientes. Muchos pasajeros que vienen haciendo escalas, sufren al pedir sus maletas y recibir como respuesta un desconocimiento de ustedes. Por favor, ayuden y brinden mejor atención a estás personas. Todos merecemos un buen servicio.

Finland is not Scandinavian

Can anyone let me know if this flight is all daylight?

SunCountry coming soon to Omaha will fly 2 flights a week to Minneapolis/St.Paul

Back qfs

Finnair was in the past ok, but now? Small food, less choice.

I heard leather seats are comfortable on long haul flights for the first few hours, then eventually become uncomfortable

Nice but would've wanted to see the krone seats! Love the transatlantic ones!

Looking forward to this one, keep up the great work!

In economy, meal presentation may be disorganized but taste good

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Great report, as usual! I haven’t toured Scandinavia yet, my plan is to fly Finnair one way, SAS return, LAX or SFO. That way I can try them both. I flew LHR SEA Monday on a new DL A330-900, no wifi yet installed. All else worked great. Beautiful plane, comfy, good food, service. Loved it! Check em out! (I was in Budapest).

Weird how you live in both the U.S. and Canada and have a Russian Visa

The shops were closed in Helsinki due to a staffing shortage most likely

Hey buddy, excellent flight. You can tell that was a sharp flight. The A330s are excellent aircrafts. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!

you fly economy over the pond ? in a seat next to the toilet ?

Fantastic trip report, Q! Always a great day when I see a new video pop up from your channel-cheers! ✨🥂

Cool your going to my hometown n I will be going in December

Just wanted to add one thing. Many airports such as Singapore's Changi International practices this method of boarding.

Fantastic video mate!

Can you fly kuwait airways frankfurt to kuwait

What’s the name of the music that begins at 22:26

Do the DeltaA321neo first class

Finland is not Scandinavian.

I hope they don't do that herding garbage for their premium passengers. Otherwise, great video.

Hell yes you finally back with a new trip Report 👍👍

Exelente Vídeo Parabéns Muito bom 👍

Brilliant reporting. Thank you for sharing your travels with us.

I think Bussines class is better in this flight instead of economy especially on legroom

Why would u have to explain having a Russian visa in ur passport… seems bizarre to me … like in some communist dictatorship lol

One of the best trip reports I've seen lately tbh

Super video! 👏

Beautiful shots! Keep it up! ✈

Thanks for sharing your trip!

Very nice!

Awesome 👌

Awesome

keep up the good work dude

so quiet

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The worst customer experience with Finnair. We will recommend to avoid flying with this company.

It's Baltic and the language is no where near Scandinavian but more so like "Hungarian". Great people. Difficult language to learn

At 17:29 that person must be drunk or sleeping

Hope ur not getting in trouble filming other peoples faces. Here in Germany u will. U can not even run a dashcam .

Hey u

I missed these travel reports so much Nice to see your videos again QFS