This Friday morning, do you have a weird craving to watch Scandinavian women wearing saris, dancing in sync with lively Bollywood music? Well then, this is your lucky friday!

Just a few days ago, a group of dancing Finns boarded a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Delhi and—you know what's coming—performed a whole dance routine to "Om Shanti Om" in celebration of India's Republic Day. Even business class got a dose of the booty shaking, and check out the flight attendants getting down!

Of course there's a story behind the idea to bring this onboard, and you can read it here, on the Finnair blog. Umm and yeah—we totally want to learn that dance now.]]> JetSetCD 2012-01-27T08:27:58-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/17/221324/24

The world loves to watch flight attendants dance. This we discovered when that Cebu Pacific video of FAs doing the safety demo to the tune of Lady Gaga and Katy Perry went viral. Who are we kidding? The world loves to watch flight attendants do anything other than typical flight attendant stuff, so when Finnair's girls got together to dance for their fellow crew at base, it would of course leak online.

The song: "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire.

The place: the Finnair Crew Lounge at what we're assuming is Helsinki Airport

Finnair has already posted it on their own YouTube, so this could be a publicity stunt, but the fact they didn't involve any passengers (or public) leads us to believe this is just what it seems; a few flight attendants got an idea, got their friends to play along and then alerted the airline to the fun, who were game to support it.

Cute! Keeping their black leather gloves on was a nice touch.]]> JetSetCD 2011-10-18T09:25:26-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/8/102043/1458

We're going to tell you something you already know: the iPhone game Angry Birds is big. Huge. Ginormous. It's so big that, the other day during a stroll through a night market in Thailand, we spotted many stalls with bootleg Angry Birds T-shirts, tank tops and even flip-flops for sale. Thus it's probably no surprise that of course the airlines are trying to capitalize on the Angry Birds fervor, though not in the way you'd expect.

You know what would be cool? Adding the Angry Birds game to in-flight entertainment. You know what would be kinda weird? Themeing an entire flight after the game, and offering Angry Birds' biggest fans to fly it. According to The Independent, that's what Finnair is doing with their "Angry Birds Asian Challenge" flight: ]]> JetSetCD 2011-09-08T10:20:43-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/4/22/91919/1721

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· Finnair:
If you’re looking for a different European experience this summer, maybe Finland is worth a visit. Finnair is bringing back its nonstop service between Toronto and Helsinki, beginning on May 26, five days a week through the beginning of September. Even if Finland isn’t your final destination, the flight is timed so that you can connect to around 50 other destinations in Europe. For those located in the nifty fifty, don’t forget that American Airlines is launching a Helsinki option from Chicago beginning this May—they’re buddies with Finnair in the oneworld airline alliance.

· Delta:
Summer is just around the corner, or at least that’s what we keep telling ourselves. Delta is getting right to start-up all kinds of seasonal service starting on June 1, so we wanted to pass along just a few of the destinations that are accessible from New York-JFK. Budapest, Zurich, and Kiev all become nonstop options at the beginning of June, but act quickly, as service wraps up on October 29. There’s similar season service from the Big Apple to Reykjavík and Malaga, Spain as well. ]]> kjb 2011-04-22T09:30:19-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/3/9/1044/78390

Whenever we rack up airline miles, we put them toward more travel rather than a kitchen mixer. But it looks like airlines are tempting frequent flyers to use their miles on crazy stuff like facelifts.

Yep, those bags under your eyes from frequent air travel can get nip-tucked away with your miles. The Wall Street Journal reported that Finnair will give you a facelift for 4.6 million miles. Or if you are feeling self-conscious about other physical characteristics, you can cash in 3.2 million of its Plus points to get a hair transplantation or breast augmentation.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-03-09T08:48:18-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/9/10/75514/6254

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· JetBlue:
You won’t be able to add it to a stop to your AYCJ pass this season, but it might be a possibility for 2011. JetBlue is adding to its Caribbean empire with new options to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands starting February 17. Flights will operate in and out of JetBlue’s main hub at JFK every day, but Boston is also picking up seasonal service beginning in February. Unfortunately Beantown’s new route will only happen on Saturdays, but if you head to paradise for a week you’ll be just fine. We’re looking for hotel deals already, so we’ll let you know if we see anything good!

· United Airlines:
It’s feeling a little cooler in some parts of the country, so it might be time to start planning that winter trip to hit the slopes. If you want to ski with the rich and famous you might want to consider giving United Airlines a chance. New daily nonstop flights will whisk skiers between Aspen and Houston starting on January 4, but the new route will shut down once the snow begins to melt. Be sure to get your trip in prior to April 2. ]]> kjb 2010-09-10T12:34:47-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/9/2/164818/7673

Does your job suck? Or maybe you just know there's something out there that's better for you. Or maybe you don't have a job at all. Whichever reason it is, let it get you motivated to enter Finnair's new contest, Top Quality Hunter.

The airline is looking to hire not one, but four people to act as "quality hunters," blogging as much as they're flying across Europe, the United States and Asia. Here's the idea of it:

The Quality Hunters' mission will be to travel to cities in Europe, Asia and the US throughout October and November, assessing flights, airports and destinations. As independent advisors to Finnair, they are expected to communicate their impartial views and recommendations to the company on a regular basis throughout the two-month period. In addition, the Quality Hunters will share their thoughts and adventures with the public through personal blogs.

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