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ence was named ‘Cabin Con-
cept of the Year’ winner by
Onboard Hospitality, ‘Best
Cabin Innovation’ winner by
APEX, and ‘Best Cabin (First
& Business Class)’ at the
Yacht and Aviation Awards.
Finnair’s product was also
praised by judges at the
Crystal Cabin Awards and
Skytrax, the global bench-
mark of airline excellence.
Finnair was the launch
customer for the brand-new
concept in Business Class
seats, developed in close
collaboration with Collins
Aerospace.
Finnair completes space, the unique fixed shell
Designed to maximise

lounge seat enables a wide
rollout of €200 million variety of sitting and sleep-
ing positions, allowing cus-
tomers to make the space
long-haul cabin their own during a relaxing
long-haul flight.
The cabin has been
inspired by Finnair’s Nor-
renewal dic design language and
warm, dark, comforting
colour scheme - following
the palette and design of
innair has success- onboard experience. Ole Orvér, chief commercial the airline’s non-Schengen
fully completed the The state-of-the-art cabin officer of Finnair said: “After lounges, unveiled at Helsinki
rollout of its new was first launched in 2022, just two years, it is fantastic Airport pre-pandemic.
F200-million-euro and within the space of two to have completed the roll- In the coming months,
long-haul cabin renewal, years, has been rolled out to out of our new award-win- Finnair will continue to
with all long-haul aircraft the airline’s entire long-haul ning long-haul cabin. Since invest in its customer ex-
now refurbished. The project fleet of A350s and A330s. its launch in 2022, customer perience and fleet, having
included the launch of an Customers can now enjoy a feedback on our revolution- announced the upcoming
entirely new Business Class consistent Finnair experience ary Business Class seat and renewal of the cabins of its
seat, a brand-new Premium on all of Finnair’s long-haul brand-new Premium Econo- regional E190 aircraft. These
Economy cabin, and a re- routes between Finnair’s my cabin has been excellent, short-haul jets, operating
freshed Economy Class, giv- home hub Helsinki, and the so we are proud to be able flights to a range of Finnair’s
ing customers the ultimate US, Middle East, and Asia. to offer the renewed cabin popular Nordic destinations,
on flights to all our long- will receive a brand-new
haul destinations. We also cabin, inspired by the co-
know our customers value lours and design now seen
consistency and reliability, across Finnair’s long-haul
so to offer a uniform cabin fleet. Finnair will also soon
concept across our whole open a new larger lounge
fleet is a huge step on our at the Schengen area of its
customer experience jour- home hub Helsinki Airport
ney. Customer satisfaction for its Business Class cus-
with our long-haul cabins tomers and Finnair Plus tier
has increased significantly members. The lounge access
with the cabin renewal.” is available for all Finnair
The new long-haul experi- customers as a travel extra.

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