russianrob
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Finnair: Hel to Svx
Flight AY 151
Rego: EEL
Plane: Embraer 170 with 6 J seats and 64 whY. 2-2
Same seats for both classes, just different level of service and meals.
Seats: given 5 A, B, D, E and 6 A, B for the 2 ½ of us
50% load.
Bus transfer from terminal, single stairs to plane.
2350 On time taxi away;
2355 takeoff.
Entire Flight during twilight, with a bright orange horizon. Never really dark as sun just sets below the horizon and comes back across after about 3 hours at these latitudes.
Boxed meals in whY: Meatballs, Pasta and carrots (very cold); Bread roll and butter, Water, Milk portion, and Snickers, Coffee and Tea delivered hot and with a smile.
Landed on time.
Taxied up to new terminal (leaves Perth looking the 3rd world example it is!). A problem with the aerobridge delayed disembarking only by 5 minutes, and a short walk led to the immigration. My wife and son, entering on their Russian Passports breezed through of course, and I continued my “love affair” with Russian women in uniform (not!). The next comment is not PC, but how Russian Immigration Officers of the female persuasion can look so smoking hot in their “war paint”, minis and heels (it seems to be part of their job description), and yet be such Ice Queen/Pain in the A’s never ceases to amaze me. Very short wait for bag, and straight through customs without a second glance. On the street in 15 minutes.
The old terminal was literally a concrete bunker left over from the war, and you were picked up from the plane in a worn-out 50’s bus without seats. Pity help you if you came in winter and had no Arctic grade coat and gloves to put on BEFORE you exited the plane, as you could not hang on in the bus to any of the metal grab handles, and you had to wait in minus temps for them to DUMP your bags out up to an hour later. It's amazing how quickly something like this can get built when the city hosts a World Leaders meeting (BRIC).
A very positive impression .
As a OneWorld devotee, thisFinnair flight is now our only way into Ekaterinburg, as Maleav have dropped the route from Buda-Pest. B Mid of course left OW and have now dropped it as well.
Non OW still coming direct are Lufthansa, Austrian and Lot I believe.
Flight AY 151
Rego: EEL
Plane: Embraer 170 with 6 J seats and 64 whY. 2-2
Same seats for both classes, just different level of service and meals.
Seats: given 5 A, B, D, E and 6 A, B for the 2 ½ of us
50% load.
Bus transfer from terminal, single stairs to plane.
2350 On time taxi away;
2355 takeoff.
Entire Flight during twilight, with a bright orange horizon. Never really dark as sun just sets below the horizon and comes back across after about 3 hours at these latitudes.
Boxed meals in whY: Meatballs, Pasta and carrots (very cold); Bread roll and butter, Water, Milk portion, and Snickers, Coffee and Tea delivered hot and with a smile.
Landed on time.
Taxied up to new terminal (leaves Perth looking the 3rd world example it is!). A problem with the aerobridge delayed disembarking only by 5 minutes, and a short walk led to the immigration. My wife and son, entering on their Russian Passports breezed through of course, and I continued my “love affair” with Russian women in uniform (not!). The next comment is not PC, but how Russian Immigration Officers of the female persuasion can look so smoking hot in their “war paint”, minis and heels (it seems to be part of their job description), and yet be such Ice Queen/Pain in the A’s never ceases to amaze me. Very short wait for bag, and straight through customs without a second glance. On the street in 15 minutes.
The old terminal was literally a concrete bunker left over from the war, and you were picked up from the plane in a worn-out 50’s bus without seats. Pity help you if you came in winter and had no Arctic grade coat and gloves to put on BEFORE you exited the plane, as you could not hang on in the bus to any of the metal grab handles, and you had to wait in minus temps for them to DUMP your bags out up to an hour later. It's amazing how quickly something like this can get built when the city hosts a World Leaders meeting (BRIC).
A very positive impression .
As a OneWorld devotee, thisFinnair flight is now our only way into Ekaterinburg, as Maleav have dropped the route from Buda-Pest. B Mid of course left OW and have now dropped it as well.
Non OW still coming direct are Lufthansa, Austrian and Lot I believe.
