This past year Finnair has been working on refreshing their non-Schengen lounges at their Helsinki hub. In June 2019, Finnair opened the Platinum Wing at Helsinki Airport, which is an exclusive new lounge for oneworld Emerald members. I reviewed the lounge recently, and was really impressed, as it's a beautiful space. With the opening of…
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It surely looks nice.
Too bad that Schengen-nonSchengen transfers or vv. are a total pain in that airport. It makes flying via HEL an unattractive option.
I would think so. It's normal practice in Finland (like Germany and much of Europe) for saunas to be nude.
As I said in the "Wing" review: Bizarre to me that an airline creates a lounge and excludes it from passengers traveling in the highest class of service it offers.
As well, with reference to the recently opened Business Class lounge: Nordic or not, the upholstery looks dumpy.
@ron not sure when you last went through but I was there on Thursday and the new transit security is a vast improvement on the old one that was open a year or so ago. Just breezed through.
The platinum wing is pretty nice, comfy furniture and I like the design aesthetic. Very busy, but this may have been because it was the day before the business lounge opened. Bar is great, the food is very Finnish which is good for what it is as long as to like meat/fish and two veg.
I had 2 transits there in May and June this year and both ways was an absolute disaster. Barely made the connections.
If indeed they have renewed it recently then obviously my experience is outdated.
I think it's brilliant that Finnair has an exclusive lounge for their FF top tier and OWEs. Business Lounge looks good too.