So I Finally Flew on the Airbus A350...
The newest addition to Calgary's airline lineup is German carrier Eurowings Discover, which is Lufthansa's vacation airline.
They started seasonal flights to Calgary in August, supplementing Air Canada’s existing flight to Frankfurt, and will stop service for the season at the end of October.
I knew this is one flight I wanted to try while it was still around, but, there’s a bit of a catch.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Eurowings Discover (operated by Finnair) (OCN/4Y)
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900 (A359)
Flight Number: 4Y73
Seat: 7L (Business Class)
Livery: Standard Finnair
Engines: 2x RR Trent XWB-84
Registration: OH-LWG
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Frankfurt (FRA)
Callsign: OCEAN 7A heavy
Runway used: 17L (YYC) - 25R (FRA)
Date filmed: September 2022
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: • Nyhtian - Take Flight ...
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As an Employee of Eurowings, I need to correct you with one thing. You always talk about Eurowings, but Eurowings Discover is a different airline than Eurowings Discover... so you either need to say Eurowings Discover all the time or just Discover. But Eurowings is the Value-Carrier, that only flies around Europe ;) 😎😎 Still a great Video
Thank you, I realized they were distinct from one another but saying the full "Eurowings Discover" over and over again would've gotten pretty repetitive haha. I'll shorten it to just "Discover" instead next time.
@@AlexPraglowskiAviation WOW. That respond was quick 😂👌 Haha well you are very welcome to try Eurowings, once you're in Europe again. Maybe with me as a Flight Attendant 😉
So this is a Eurowings flight (a Lufthansa subsidiary), in a Finnair livery, paid with Air Canada Aeroplan points?
Not complicated at all!
@@AlexPraglowskiAviation No, it really isn't :)
This the definition of when people can’t agree.
That takeoff sound was incredible, great video!
so let me make sure i understand: this is a Eurowings Discover flight operated on a Finnar A350 that has Lufthansa amenity kits… and you booked the whole thing with Air Canada miles. sounds pretty straight forward!
If only we could get Finnair to fly Toronto to Vancouver lol
Love the A350.FINNAIR is one of the best in EUROPE .Good job
I’m glad to see more trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flights start opening up again, such as this flight! Great review!
14:46 - speaking of the seat width on the A350, it is definitely noticeably wider than on the 787 and 777. There's definitely a lot more shoulder space, and I like that there are conventional windows on the A350 so you won't have to deal with the annoying locking dimming windows on the 787.
I just flew Air Turkey 787-9 3x3x3 configuration. The MOST UNCOMFORTABLE EVER. Narrow seats and isles. Apparently Only JAL flies 2x3x2 787s.
@@johnfitz2509 JAL's 787's are 2-4-2 in economy, and only on their long range interior at that, but yeah, they're probably much more comfortable than your average 787
No doubt! The A350 is my favorite aircraft to cross the Atlantic on, as it is a minimum of 9 hours from Houston to anywhere in Europe. The 787 is noticeably more uncomfortable, speaking from the economy perspective of course.
The a350 is in between the 787 and 777 in terms of cabin width, so 9 abrest should be pretty comfy. Some budget airlines are going to try 10 abrest and that's probably going to suck...
Worth noting, Airbus are fitting newer A350s with dimmable windows rather than shades.
I love the A350 it's an amazing aircraft. Singapore Airlines from Manchester UK to Houston Texas in economy feels like some carriers premium service.
Hey Alex, glad you got to fly on the A350 out of Calgary! Definitely a memorable experience!
Alex, I’m a YYC based flyer too. I love your videos, your format is top notch. Appreciate all your content, looking forward to more plane sightings and trip reports 👍
Alex - outstanding trip report, and perfectly edited.
Nice review of a 787 competitor. Like those exterior cams, what a great idea.
As beautiful as the 787 is I do prefer Airbus and I think the A350’s swan-like winglets are what sets it apart. Finnair is also a bucket list airline for me.
Love the engine sound and sights, so awesome and the food looked great! Thank you
Great video. Fell in love with the A350 when I flew (in economy!) from HEL to LAX on Finnair metal back in 2019. I should be getting a 70K mile signup bonus on my Alaska business card soon, and I already know I'm going to book my award flight with Finnair. How could I not? Great video covering this special carrier crossover. Thanks Alex!
Holy, that engine sound is epic!
That’s very cool! I’m from Finland so Finnair of course is my national carrier. Love them!
I'm jealous but glad you got fly on the Airbus A350 which is my favourite aircraft of all time, with the sound of the RR Trent 84 XWB engines you showed within the take off scene, the cabin layout and its overall sleekness. I pray by next year I'll fly on this aircraft on a full Finnair service from HEL-LHR, hopefully on their new business class layout. I'm also glad that you enjoyed the service on Eurowings though it would've been nice if you had gone to up to the flight deck at the end of your flight but other than that, great review 👍🏾👍🏾.
Flew on the Finnair A350 between London and Helsinki, as well as Helsinki to Hong Kong. Definitely a very nice product!
The quality of your videos is outstanding Alex. What a super option for getting to Europe from western Canada.
Great video as always!!
I underestimated that TOGA roar!!! Thanks for another wonderful trip report Alex!
I have flown with Finnair, strangely enough to and from Finland! Their in flight service is great. I was on an A320 and A319 respectively, so different experiences to you. Some nice touches to make it a step up from a more budget choice but still good enough value.
My dude, you are the next Sam C. but 1000 times more entertaining! Airlines should invite you to fly their routes!
Here's a fun one, I'm going to Kenya in December as part of a heritage trip with my Dad, and have found that most of our first leg routings are on Finnair Wet Lease A350's from PHL-FRA-NBO. I'm lowkey excited both to show off my 5 years of German language on a long layover in Frankfurt on our way back and getting to see where my dad grew up again, now that I'm 26 and not 4 like I was last time lol
I flew on Lufthansa A350s from IAH-FRA-NBO and it was nice
i love how simple the finnair livery looks
The scorched airfield shows how hot the summer was in Europe this year
Awesome video as usual man ..I am regularly following your channel and it's simply superb
Hi Alex: I’ve been following you since day one and always enjoy your all encompassing reviews from a Canadian point of view. When you began, you asked for suggestions and I mentioned that you were speaking rather quickly. You slowed down and everything was just excellent. Recently, you’ve begun to speak quickly again, so being the helpful guy that I am, I decided to let you know. Your review today was just excellent with that almost perfect takeoff etc. and I enjoyed it very much. Cheers, Colin.
Thank you for that - will try to balance the pace a little better! Didn't help that this was a doozy of a script at 10 pages long haha.
Wow! Impressive. Keep up the good work pal. Cheers, Colin.
Indeed, it is hard to get on A380 or A350 out of YYC. In August, I was overjoyed when I saw the brand-new Air Transat A350 NEO parked right next to the Boeing 777 I was on, at Montreal P E Trudeau airport. I wish someday soon, I will be on one of those aircraft Love those onboard cameras, especially during take-off and landing.
Great video. Love the tail view from your seat. Wish all planes had that!
Alex: As per usual awesome, gotta love the outside cameras Greenland looked pristine. The Airbus product is definitely a European design so sophisticated they just have it design wise. Thanks
Awesome video!
Straight from the F1 Italian Grand Prix to a new AP trip report. Pretty solid morning👍
i love how at the end a Discover A330 pulled into the gate next to the Finnair A350 that was operated by Discover. i lost braincells
Left a like for that amazing engine sound!
I love the A350. Flew SQ on MUC/SIN/MUC. I am scheduled to fly AF 350 later this year.
condor used to bring their 767s to YYC as well. They even had an interline agreement with Westjet. Back then Lufthansa allowed transfers to Condor, even printed out boarding passes with huge letters "operated by Westjet". We had a transfer to Vancouver back then.
This is absolutely fantastic 👌 👏
I was very skeptical about the new Finnair business seats as one of my favorite things in business is to recline close to the "bed mode" , enjoy the food and drinks, watch whatever and let the time fly. Especially now that all the old Finnair's bread and butter routes to China, Thailand, Japan and Korea are often +11 hours. With the two pillows and the large seat area with different gradients for your back depending on how you seat made this much of a less problem on the new seats. Everything else is a clear upgrade with more spacious area in general, wireless charging, better storage space, more desk space, better screen and looking more sleek. By bringing the seat into sleep mode you can close the gap your legs would go and you are essentially in fully cushioned space. I have noticed to quite often having my legs crossed on my seat with pillows on my back. Something that would have never been possible on the old seats being 184cm tall. I would still prefer for the seat to also recline, but in the end it was something I did not think about when flying.
It was announced earlier in the year that they would use the finnair a350’s to halifax on 4Y75. Unfortunately things may have changed, and they still are using the a330-300’s :(
Loved the review. Always enjoy reviews that show the meal service, I like to eat on a long flight.
KZhead algorithms got me to your channel. And I must confess that it's a great channel. Your comments are quite objective and fair with a sense of empathy. That's why I subscribed to your channel. Cheers 🍻
Great ride indeed Alex, I admire you and I'm jealous at you at the same time!! 😅😅
Nice 👍 Thanks for sharing Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland
Not only their asian market via the short northen route was cut, but also the covid was holding them before it. So they have pretty much had 2 years of no asia flights, and this arrangment is clearly a result of that. Shame you didn’t get to try the new Finnair seat. The mood lighting seen here during boarding is supposed to resemble the northern lights :)
Thanks!
excellent video and quality....thumbs up my friend.
What a sound!
Nice Video! Thx for sharing!👍❤️🇩🇪Air Canada has much more room in its Business Class!
“Besides oil lol” haha nice touch to this great trip report!
I've flown a few years ago on the a350 virgin Atlantic from LHR-JFK in center seats economy was not that bad and neat interior
Great TR, thanks! You kind of stole "my" plane :) I have taken Finnair A350 to Asia several times but unfortunately they now had to reduce their services to east, due the closed Russian airspace. So strange to see anything Lufthansa on Finnair but great many of Finnair employees could continue working. P.S 04:39 That's for the headphones.
A couple of thoughts...business class fares can be upwards of 10 times the fare of an economy ticket. There is zero excuse for anything less than perfection from the airline charging the fare. Theres basically 2 opportunities to shine...the seat and the food. The airlines need to get rid of narrow footwells asap as they are awful and make restful sleep impossible. The food should be perfectly prepared and professionally served by a friendly staff. The business class passenger should always arrive well rested and well fed. The aircraft itself was incredible. The xwb makes beautiful music.
Totally agree on the narrow footwells. It does not give you a full restful sleep on an overnight flight. To me that is the whole purpose of that paying for that upgrade. Back in 1999 I flew on CP Air's DC10 from London to Toronto and the Business Class seat was a full width lie flat bed. Same with the B767 connecting to Vancouver. The new Herringbone configuration I guess allows more seats, but the bed isn't as comfortable. Can say the same on Lufthansa's 747-400 in 2003 & 08.
Wow, this meal is actually better looking than any Lufthansa flight I‘ve ever been on in business class!
Eurowings Discover is very new. It will be interesting to see if it becomes "its own" airline in terns of Business class product or remains "lufthansa". Consider when Air Canada "rouged" flights and business customers were not happy about losing business class service on their formerly AC mainline route. So curious if the Eurowings Discover business class product will remain an extension of Lufthansa business class (service LH business class customers with same levels of service) or if Eurowings will eventually develop its own differentiated and "leasure travel" level of business class. Also, you really need to see a doctor about your long legs. Since you fly so much, you'd benefit from some cosmetic surgery that shortens them 🙂 You made no mention of in flight noise levels. Curious how the 350 compares against 777 and 787 and 330neo.
Impressive audio! Which camera did you use to film the takeoff?
I love the A350
suggestion for a flight review: do klm flight from Amsterdam to edmonton or the other way around!
We took that flight from yyc to fra on Aug 2. Plane was good, but service so so.
@8:00 that is a Relatively short take off roll no?
They did this in Montreal as well
Nice! Love the new video! Have you ever done a Westjet link Saab 340? If you haven't, can you? Thanks. I'm a such a big fan of the channel.
A couple times! kzhead.info/sun/i9B7fJdui3ifeX0/bejne.html
@@AlexPraglowskiAviation Thanks. It was a pretty "short" video if you know what I mean 😂
So it's an Eurowings Discover flight operated by a Finnair A350? Very interesting! I like the catering service of this flight.
What is the best time of the year to visit Calgary/Edmonton? PS: 787 windows are bigger and I personally prefer LH 787 over 350
1:20-1:23 u mean Sweden, eh? 😂 So cool you got the chance to try this unique flight!
7:15 the engine sound😁
That Spool up was perfection
Amazing video alex, i was wondering why is edelweiss starting to fly to calgary using the a340-300? and is british airways planning on bringing LHR - YYC back? good luck in frankfurt!
Edelweiss has been using their 340's out of Zurich for some years now, and the planes are nice. Neither Swiss nor Edelweiss seems to get A-350's from their owner Lufthansa. It feels nice and safe on a four-engine jet, but it's not economical for the operator.
That was an absolutely butter landing
Maybe you should try flying on KLM on their Calgary-Edmonton-Amsterdam route!
It’s so weird seeing airlines from 2 different alliances not only working together but publicly talking about their partnership, you never really see that kind of stuff and here’s finnair and eurowings making videos about how their friends who share planes with each other
This makes total sense.. total… sense…
Am I right in thinking as it was wet leased, the call sign would have been ‘Ocean’ as apposed to ‘Finnair’?
That bread looks amazing
The food looked amazing especially the braised short-ribs! Surprised you don't see short-ribs offered more in business class because unlike steak they cannot be over or under done and are more satisfying (at least to me) then many chicken or fish options. It doesn't seem like you drink alcohol? That is a shame because one of the best things of flying business class is the variety of alcoholic beverages offered to you from the moment you take your seat (even before you take-off!). I would wash down those delicious spare-ribs with a hearty red wine followed up with a liquor and coffee to go along with the dessert and then later on a "night-cap".
I was in the airport the same day that you flew out, I flew in on a WestJet 787-9 I think I may have saw you because I saw a really tall guy over there but I didn’t know because we’ve never seen your face
Thanks to you whenever I fly now I have a voice in my head that tells me "Here's our departure from San Francisco, taking off from runway 1L"
The noise, tho. RR Trent singing the song of its people.
So whats your favorite, 787 or a350?
That’s funny - crazy mix of company brands products and logos :)), which always is late ))
I’ve been seeing this at my home airport RSW (fort myers) the Finnair A350’s instead of the Eurowings A330’s
Nice! My grandparents live 10minutes south of that airport! I live in Finland! Struggling to find the best way to fly there from here.
how many engines it is having?
Ba has one to yvr now
I hope you tried Finnairs mustikkamehu or blueberry juice in English
Say, what was the seating capacity for that A350 ? Alex, I'd be curious to know what jetliner you prefer this A350 vs. 787-9 ?
This individual Finnair A350 has 297 seats, 46 in Business Class.
for a 1-21 arrangement you really don't need overhead bins in the center
the Calgary drink should be a Caesar!
Wow She's a fast bird over 900 Km/h , I only thought B747 and A380s were that quick, or U guys hade some tailwind luck !
11:59 the screen looks more like a "Windows technical difficulties" screen more than a Wi-Fi login page at first glance
I apologize but I have one other correction... Though they might look similar on the surface; prawns and shrimp are actually quite a bit different... For one thing if you see what looks like a shrimp but it has more than 3 sets, (or six total), legs; it is a prawn... if it only has six; it is a shrimp...They also have different styles of pincers...Just thought I would point that out...
I’m flying this exact route in 10 days. On the way back on AC tho.
I want a YYC direct to Prague route so bad. Stopovers at Pearson are horrid.
Finnair always had great deals before Covid - finally seeing them creep back in the market. I would say it's totally worth it if you are a one world point hunter.
haha, Bündnderfleisch is actually Swiss (swissgerman), very famous meat variety :) from the Swiss canton Graubünden
hey Alex your videos are much more interesting when they involve unusual or rare aircraft types. Flight reviews are a dime a dozen and they all look the same to me.
Reviewing this must have been hard😂
Finland airlines. 👍🇫🇮
Hey, if you departed on the 5th I think I spotted your plane. Lmk if you want the footage I’d be happy let you use it!
surprised the Calgary cocktail is grapefruit flavoured would expect it to be a Caesar given it was invented in Calgary