00:00I'm one lucky and very excited traveller on the inaugural flight in Finland from Australia to Finland.
00:08Huge excitement at Melbourne Airport to celebrate the very first Fin Air flight from Australia to Finland.
00:14From Melbourne to Helsinki, to be precise, with a quick refuel in Bangkok.
00:19Santa Claus had flown in on the inaugural southbound leg,
00:23all the way from his working home in Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle.
00:28Fin Air is his official airline, when he's not using his sleigh, of course.
00:33I was lucky enough to be in business class for the Long Hall North.
00:37There are 48 spacious, cosy, comfy and very private seats called air lounges,
00:43which transform from sky-high sofas to flatbeds.
00:47There's a great variety of entertainment on board, the cabin crew members are friendly and welcoming,
00:53the food is delicious and business class passengers can pre-order meals online for free.
00:58There's Joseph Perrier champagne and Finnish blueberry juice on tap
01:02and even a special Northern Lights projection glowing on the cabin ceiling just before bedtime.
01:09The look and feel of the Fin Air Airbus A350-900 is so Finnish,
01:14you feel you're halfway to Finland before you even take off.
01:17I cannot think of a better way to travel to this magical Nordic nation.
