
First Look - Finnair Premium Economy
Finnair's premium economy up close: a 38-inch pitch memory foam seat and good screens, let down by economy-grade catering and shared lavatories.
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Finnair's premium economy up close: a 38-inch pitch memory foam seat and good screens, let down by economy-grade catering and shared lavatories.

First flight in the AirLounge shell to Singapore: an 18-inch screen, a genuine cocoon, and padding hard enough to trouble any side sleeper.

The daytime run back from Bangkok in the 1-2-1 A350 cabin: an hour of free Wi-Fi, Haagen-Dazs, and a footwell that narrows once you lie flat.

A record of Finnair's old A330 business class: seats hard enough to spoil the overnight to Bangkok, decent entertainment, and cheerful service.

Finnair's old throne seats, good for solo travellers and good for working, but tight in the footwell and worn around the edges by this point.

A lie-flat 1-2-1 seat on a short hop to London. The hard product beats any standard European business class, the cold breakfast does not.

A quiet, airy 1-2-1 cabin that made sleeping easy on the way to Hong Kong, with free Wi-Fi and Bose headphones but not much storage at the seat.

An Iberia A330 on the Miami route, with a private mini-cabin and even-numbered window seats like 8L the ones to pick. Robotic service throughout.

The old A330 cabin and its throne seats, 8A the best of them. Good food and wine, a cabin kept too warm, and service doing the bare minimum.