Blue1

ARN-HEL-ARN in premium economy. Cold food but wine quite ok. In Rj-85 try to get row 1-4 since pitch is 32 there otherwise. As said quite ok being a commuter line. Ahead of schedule both legs.

HEL-CPH. RJ85/100 - clean quiet (I like these aircraft). Good crew good service. Flight crew kept us informed about our journey routing and expected time of arrival. No complaints.

Fly Blue1 twice a year from Stockholm Arlanda to Vassa. The other reviews are right about the plane noise it is pretty loud with a prop plane. But the fact that it was 2x1 plus the seats were blue leather and larger than normal than made up for it.

Already flown many times ARN-VAA and vv with Blue 1 in Biz Class (C) and I can only say to be very pleased with the service provided during this 50 mins flight.

Early morning Blue1 flight HEL-OUL with MD90 aircraft. They charge for everything on board. Breakfast 5 euros which would have been too much for me but sandwich with coffee would have cost the same. So bought the unhealthy bun + coffee for 250. On Finnair you get a sandwich and coffee for free even on this 1 hour route. Crew nice with one exception but they did not check that luggage was stowed away before landing. Does not give a nice impression especially after the problems that SAS and Blue1 have had with their planes lately.

Vaasa-Helsinki-Oslo with premium economy ticket. Check-in via SAS-website and no queuing at the airport necessary. They use Avro 85 on these routes with a very nice grey and dark blue interior. The front walls are decorated with original modern art pictures! Just 5 seats per row is much more comfortable as most other airlines using this aircraft type. The finnish domestic flight was one-class only with food for purchase. Coffee and cinnamon bun was nice for EUR 250. Easy transfer at Helsinki and second flight offered two classes with a nice snack-box for premium economy. On all flights the flight attendants were very nice and helpful. Impression was significantly better as with their parent company SAS.

On Sunday 1 July 2007 we arrived at Stansted to pick up the 19.55 flight to Helsinki. Apparently the incoming plane had a fault so was unable to fly but two smaller planes were to be provided. There was a considerable delay in the take off these two planes (we were in the second) and we did not arrive in Helsinki until well into the early hours of the morning with two very tired teenagers. Our return trip was booked for Friday 6 July 2007 at 18.55. To our dismay the plane detailed for our flight was faulty and our return journey would be delayed until 21.50. The plane detailed for this trip was faulty and we would have to wait for another plane to return from its previous journey. We arrived in Stansted well after midnight local time. We did appreciate the four 10euro food vouchers in Helsinki. Whilst I do appreciate that faults do occur which must of course be dealt with but I feel that two experience within six days does not fill one with a great deal of confidence! Once in the air our flights were comfortable and staff helpful.