Review: Finnair A321 Business Class Berlin to Helsinki

Flight number	AY 1438
Airplane type	Airbus A321
Seat number	1A
Cost	70,000 Asia Miles + HKD 710 (US$90) (including flight from Helsinki to Singapore)
Date of flight	April 2022

How I booked this ticket

This short 1.5 hours Business Class flight is part of a much longer route, involving my flight from Helsinki to Singapore in Finnair’s new Business Class seat.

Finnair’s A321 Business Class

This is probably the most boring (fake) Business Class seat that you’ll ever see. I contemplated writing a review about it but decided to do it anyway as it is pretty much the standard narrow-body Business Class layout for intra-Europe flights. Besides, not everyone is flying Finnair’s longhaul Business class to/from directly from Helsinki!

With this seat/layout, the middle seat is blocked to give Business Class passengers more space. As you can see from the photos below, the seats in the first row have a larger legroom. Definitely aim for those, for a better experience.

Dining

Honestly, I was expecting just a sandwich/pastry with hot drinks on this short flight and was pleasantly surprised when I received this delicious Salmon salad.

It came with a 150-gram-ish piece of salmon and was the only hot food available on the flight.

Service

Service was warm and friendly. As you would expect, there wasn’t that much interaction during this short flight.

Lounge experience

Flying Finnair Business Class from Berlin gets you access to Lounge Tempelhof, which was alright for some drinks and light snacks.

My ratings

This is how I am rating this short haul Business Class experience:

Seat	2/10
Bed Mode	–
Dining	9/10
Privacy	3/10
Service	8/10
Cleanliness	9/10

Bottom line

Finnair’s A321 holds the typically boring intra-Europe Business Class seats but the lovely onboard meal improved the experience.