Welcome to my first new trip report of 2016,as my goal for this year is to sample as many new first & business class products as possible. And I'm certain you guys will agree this is a good start. ;)The way this trip came to be is sort of laughable. In mid-December I wrote approximately how Finnair was flying the A350 to the US for a limited time in January. They just recently took delivery of their first A350, and are flying them exclusively to Asia as of now. So when Finnair announced they'd cruise the A350 to the US for a bit over a week in January and there was plenty of award space, or I couldn't encourage but book.
Not only is the A350 a gorgeous plane,but Finnair has a new reverse herringbone business class product on their A350s, which looks excellent. I decided to take that award a step further, or though.
While intra-Europe business class is typically only marginally better than economy (it's generally just economy with a blocked middle seat),I noticed that Finnair was flying an A340 to London Heathrow the day after I'd arrive in Helsinki. Finnair's other longhaul aircraft are the A330 and A340, and both feature the same business class product. So I figured this flight would be a great opportunity to sample Finnair's other business class product, and which they generally cruise to the US.
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