WOW! Rossiya Airlines Surprisingly Good Business Class - Review

My trip report in the excellent Rossiya Airlines Business Class from St Petersburg to London Gatwick, onboard an Airbus A319. #Rossiya #flightreport #flightreview #businessclass
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Airline: Rossiya
Flight: FV6619
Aircraft: Airbus A319 VQ-BAV
From: St. Petersburg (LED)
To: London-Gatwick (LGW)
Departure: 14:50
Arrival: 14:55
Flight Time: 3:05
Seat: 2F

Пікірлер: 127

  • @user-pz4jq3oc8d
    @user-pz4jq3oc8d5 жыл бұрын

    Good afternoon. I'm the flight attendant on this flight. Thank you for flying with us and for your feedback)

  • @noelphilips

    @noelphilips

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Was a pleasure to fly with you, and Rossiya!

  • @ytmelady1261

    @ytmelady1261

    5 жыл бұрын

    Рустам Рустамли j

  • @jonathanw11

    @jonathanw11

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sri Yantra why does it matter?

  • @antonallen8972

    @antonallen8972

    4 жыл бұрын

    Молодец, не подвёл нас, показал иностранцам, что у нас авиация на достойном уровне 😂🙌

  • @kirillangg

    @kirillangg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@antonallen8972 а сейчас?

  • @jasonmymail
    @jasonmymail5 жыл бұрын

    Flew this exact same route last year. You were lucky to get the generous and roomy 2x2 seats. On the same A319 I had 3x2 config ,with middle seat empty - ala euro-biz style. Nonetheless service was faultless. Food meh, but stewardess worked tirelessly on this short flight, my glass was never empty of Russian vino and crew super friendly :) Sat next to some Rossiya trainee pilots who were excellent company! Given the price would defo fly Rossiya again. Nice review, thanks.

  • @salamatgarba2736
    @salamatgarba27365 жыл бұрын

    Great I love the fact that you give the roaring sound of the engines👍🏽

  • @bum00789
    @bum007895 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love these reviews keep them coming man!

  • @glennkennedy441
    @glennkennedy4415 жыл бұрын

    I'm now addicted to your videos....keep em comin' !

  • @jgilds7947
    @jgilds79475 жыл бұрын

    That looked a very chilled and enjoyable flight...top video as always 👍🏻

  • @madebymawhinney
    @madebymawhinney5 жыл бұрын

    Huge improvement in video quality since your longest routes video (I got about as far as Germany in that video - I *could not* watch any further.) Props on making some fantastically positive changes. Helps also that you're recent videos (like this) are of some particularly interesting or niche carriers. You've earned a sub 👏

  • @nycflyertravel
    @nycflyertravel5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, Rossiya's Business Class is so much nicer than the other European Airlines short haul premium products (well I guess Turkish Airlines is comparable). I'm really glad to see more Russian airlines getting reviewed on KZread! I love that Rossiya still has 747s too.

  • @nycflyertravel

    @nycflyertravel

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FilipWinter Oh wow I didn't realize that they flew the A350 between LHR & HEL. I just flew Finnair's A320 on this route and it was the typical inter-European configuration.

  • @tsr207
    @tsr2075 жыл бұрын

    Another excellent production ! you show airlines that we don't really know enough about - a valuable service !

  • @matthewtrueland6611
    @matthewtrueland66115 жыл бұрын

    You know i like/love your reviews and tweets..one thing i really noticed on this review though is... you have a great relaxing voice, but the background music really took over. That said i loved the fridge shot and as always, a great review. CHEERS :)

  • @zlo333
    @zlo3332 жыл бұрын

    when i was growing up in ussr, used to read about terrible english weather, here u r leaving major russian city covered in snow, and ariving to london where everything is green,

  • @MGAviationNZAircraftVideos
    @MGAviationNZAircraftVideos5 жыл бұрын

    What a brilliant video Review such a lucky person traveling so often loved it

  • @torgeirbrandsnes1916
    @torgeirbrandsnes19164 жыл бұрын

    Great vlog as always!

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree5 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks. We live under the flightpath into Gatwick and Rossiya seem to be the only airline that haven't yet modified their A319s and A320s to remove the whining noise.

  • @egorvelichko2473
    @egorvelichko24735 жыл бұрын

    Thx a lot , very nice review! )

  • @nuriaherran6883
    @nuriaherran68835 жыл бұрын

    Another great video 👍🏼

  • @thelonelysheep1154
    @thelonelysheep11545 жыл бұрын

    chicken or beef chicken please fish it is

  • @paulsonjeff

    @paulsonjeff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @kuku kuka vegetarians eat meat still. What are you trying to say?

  • @taran7728

    @taran7728

    3 жыл бұрын

    @kuku kuka shut up

  • @davidellis4031
    @davidellis40315 жыл бұрын

    "Chicken or beef?" - Got fish, again!

  • @keyalpha1

    @keyalpha1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happened to me on Finnair. Beef or chicken? Got fish. Which was marvellous, so no complaints.

  • @aviationforever441
    @aviationforever4415 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I live in St Petersburg. I often go for spotting to Pulkovo Airport. I flew by Rossiya business class, too!

  • @jdjddjdjj
    @jdjddjdjj5 жыл бұрын

    This was a really great video as you can see the effort you have put in

  • @noelphilips

    @noelphilips

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much Thomas :)

  • @androsrc5738
    @androsrc57385 жыл бұрын

    Merci pour cette excellente vidéo, bonne continuation à vous. 🤝👍👍👍

  • @crokocat
    @crokocat5 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, thank you!

  • @skiparkcityut
    @skiparkcityut4 жыл бұрын

    Looks way nicer than most European airlines business class seats. Meals looked very nice for 3 hour flight

  • @FranciscoCamino
    @FranciscoCamino5 жыл бұрын

    I have just found your KZread channel. I love it.

  • @pavelborisov9044
    @pavelborisov90445 жыл бұрын

    Alright mate, sorry you did't quite enjoy your Russia trip. but just to respond to a few remarks from the series: 1) They've allowed mobile boarding passes the other week, that's settled; 2) Izhevsk is not Siberia. To put it really easy, Siberia is east of the Urals all the way to the Baikal Lake. You were a few hundred km west of Urals, so that's still European Russia; 3) Rossiya is only government-owned depending on the definition. The state controls the majority stake at Aeroflot Group, but it's also listed at several exchanges, not sure how much of it is there though; Other than that, thanks for the content! Always interesting to see how your own country is seen by foreigners.

  • @raviation5092
    @raviation50925 жыл бұрын

    Interesting flight :) Like it :)

  • @conniepayne591
    @conniepayne591 Жыл бұрын

    It was nice of the male flight attendant to help the woman on with her coat at the departure of the plane. It looked like a nicer time than others you have had. Thank you for the video and enjoy your travels.

  • @bradleythomas27
    @bradleythomas273 жыл бұрын

    Pulkovo use to fly the TU154M into Gatwick back in the early 2000s on this same route, i use to check-in and board this back then with Servisair and they were South terminal based then too.

  • @Sguness69
    @Sguness695 жыл бұрын

    Looks good !

  • @thijsdejong7355
    @thijsdejong73555 жыл бұрын

    Nice relaxing video and aha , the table that rests on your lap in case you re over 6 feet tall 😀

  • @acelmoni2833
    @acelmoni28333 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!! Greetings from Mia!!!

  • @PatFeyenoord
    @PatFeyenoord5 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @bushyconn
    @bushyconn4 жыл бұрын

    Without a doubt, the best sound mixing of 2020 and probably 2019 (I can't remember that far back). Take a bow. Your direction overshadowed the flight itself - cannot remember much of the flight - so It must have been good!

  • @darkstarnh
    @darkstarnh5 жыл бұрын

    Great video, although I didn't realise that St Petersburg airport was built on a slope! ;) EDIT: Hey, so is Gatwick!

  • @gillianboden6735
    @gillianboden67355 жыл бұрын

    I really love this channel I'm mad about flying, I can't seen to find any reviews on etihad, I flew with them to Nepal and found them fantastic, live to know your thoughts

  • @jamessheehy2752
    @jamessheehy27525 жыл бұрын

    Becoming a big fan

  • @Bad_Karma1968
    @Bad_Karma19684 жыл бұрын

    Impressive cabin Noel

  • @Avantime
    @Avantime5 жыл бұрын

    I haven't seen you do a full flight video for a while now, although I don't mind seeing more vlog reviews.

  • @roberthamilton1301
    @roberthamilton13013 жыл бұрын

    Thanks !

  • @semsemeini7905
    @semsemeini79054 жыл бұрын

    Wow 205 pounds in Business? To Rome it's about $1,000 US in Business instead of $375. Big difference.

  • @tjittekamminga5170
    @tjittekamminga51705 жыл бұрын

    nice cabin and service I think!

  • @Jules-qf2pe
    @Jules-qf2pe5 жыл бұрын

    Quite a few european airlines could learn something from the polite behaviour of those flight attendants! 13:11 !

  • @carlcram1717
    @carlcram17175 жыл бұрын

    A perfect place to say that how sincere condolences go out to all the people who lost their lives in the Boeing 737 max! Bad day in aviation

  • @alexmnblyth
    @alexmnblyth5 жыл бұрын

    My father and I went through Gatwick airport from jetbridge to bus stop in about 10-15 minutes

  • @voxley19
    @voxley195 жыл бұрын

    Marvellous video- what a great trip to Russia you had!

  • @smonclark2270
    @smonclark22705 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @ryanairy6480
    @ryanairy64805 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Pulkovo is airport of my hometown!

  • @theVakhovske

    @theVakhovske

    5 жыл бұрын

    опа здорова

  • @ryanairy6480

    @ryanairy6480

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@theVakhovske опа хай

  • @eddihaskell
    @eddihaskell4 жыл бұрын

    I flew Aeroflot business class from Moscow to St. Petersburg (Russia not Florida) and it was the best business class I ever flew. Excellent service and comfortable seats.

  • @signorpippistrello
    @signorpippistrello2 жыл бұрын

    Had a domestic flight with Rossiya in 2008 on a Tu-154. One dumpsterfire of a flight. I‘m surprised they developed that far! Well now it’s probably back to Tupolevs and Ilyushins…..

  • @camotech1314

    @camotech1314

    Жыл бұрын

    More like banned from flying anywhere outside Russia.

  • @ErmakDimon
    @ErmakDimon5 жыл бұрын

    Hi, first of all thanks for a great review! St Petersburg is my hometown and I'm really glad more and more foreigners get to visit it. I also really enjoy flying with Rossiya. I've flown with them in business class as well, last in 2017, and glad to say that it seems they refurbished their cabins and made them even better.

  • @halloyt6171
    @halloyt61715 жыл бұрын

    I from ST petersburg i love flight witch rossiya

  • @NeillyVille
    @NeillyVille5 жыл бұрын

    Any future plans flying to South East Asia? Philippines, perhaps? Love your content! Keep 'em coming!

  • @dennislauer2525
    @dennislauer25252 жыл бұрын

    Rossiya Airline is a cool airline👍

  • @user-ee1ki5lz5e

    @user-ee1ki5lz5e

    2 жыл бұрын

    not

  • @lepxs
    @lepxs9 ай бұрын

    Rossiya Airlines is a great modern, clean airline, good customer service in July and August 2023.

  • @bennymav81
    @bennymav814 жыл бұрын

    Chicken or Beef are the options, but you get fish. Makes total sense if you think about it haha. Thumbs up as always Noel

  • @danyashka132
    @danyashka1324 жыл бұрын

    думаю вам понравился перелёт :)

  • @Blkandsapphicreads
    @Blkandsapphicreads5 жыл бұрын

    WHEN YOU SAID HINT HINT MANCHESTER I DIED

  • @davidlazarus67
    @davidlazarus675 жыл бұрын

    The food looks very nice, seat looks better than most European airlines and at a good price. What is not to like?

  • @Delta191
    @Delta1915 жыл бұрын

    That was pretty impressive. Aeroflot should feel lucky to be associated with them. Was that the flight you enjoyed the most overall from you Russian adventure.

  • @jaquelinemartin8683
    @jaquelinemartin86834 жыл бұрын

    Love that music Who is it Noel please 💜

  • @ryanairy6480
    @ryanairy64805 жыл бұрын

    Please make Ryanair trip report!

  • @55jhjhjkjk
    @55jhjhjkjk4 жыл бұрын

    hi Noel, what music was playing around 04:00 (de-icing)....i had such a cool vibe ?

  • @nossyhot
    @nossyhot5 жыл бұрын

    i live down there in copenhagen :D

  • @fishharvester9434
    @fishharvester94345 жыл бұрын

    Noel where do you find your bumper music as we call it in the states..

  • @SPTSuperSprinter156
    @SPTSuperSprinter1565 жыл бұрын

    Nice review. I like your style a lot, in my opinion there are far too many “flight reviewers” (I use that term loosely) on here who would have cried blue murder if they didn’t get a bread roll. Yes the meal service could have been better, but overall it wasn’t bad and you don’t just focus on the negatives like a lot of the self-entitled so and sos on here!

  • @rasmuslindholm5719
    @rasmuslindholm57195 жыл бұрын

    Ah, waching this while flying xplane, doesn't get better...

  • @dknights22
    @dknights225 жыл бұрын

    so what do you think about the two recent boing crashes - as a nervous flyer, I watch your videos to give me confidence to fly - but you could have been on one of these two flights! ?

  • @sunbirdpictures4263
    @sunbirdpictures42635 жыл бұрын

    What video editing Software do you use?

  • @MikeySeedot
    @MikeySeedot5 жыл бұрын

    13:54 100% agree, even Security at Gatwick is top notch compared to Manchester Terminal 1. Hope they'll improve when the expanded T2 opens :)

  • @nickclarke8334

    @nickclarke8334

    5 жыл бұрын

    Birmingham Airport is also not that great! Going through security is mostly sluggish 🐌

  • @SPTSuperSprinter156

    @SPTSuperSprinter156

    5 жыл бұрын

    Manchester is my local airport and it doesn’t get much right apart from the fact that they manage to depart and land planes there. Not a fan!

  • @dylansterio3227
    @dylansterio32274 жыл бұрын

    So did you go back and get your camera? 1:04

  • @MrSkytcam
    @MrSkytcam5 жыл бұрын

    i think you maybe left your camera in the fridge

  • @Parlophonic
    @Parlophonic5 жыл бұрын

    An interesting video, but please do not let the background music dominate next time; your voice fought to be heard!

  • @thepanamahat
    @thepanamahat2 жыл бұрын

    Noel, did you ever do an Uzbekistan Airlines flight ?

  • @ryoss110
    @ryoss1105 жыл бұрын

    Can you review Pobeda next?

  • @noelphilips

    @noelphilips

    5 жыл бұрын

    You know I originally was booked on Pobeda from LED-STN and it cost like £25. But then Rossiya had a sale on and I was able to get business class which I figured would be a nicer one to review :)

  • @shaunpierce4174
    @shaunpierce41744 жыл бұрын

    I would kill to go to Russia but I begrudge paying well over £100 for the visa. As for the passport control at Gatwick, it's the perfect system, usually through in a couple of minutes at the most.

  • @semsemeini7905
    @semsemeini79054 жыл бұрын

    They don't seem to mind you filming?

  • @Ax-nt7wd
    @Ax-nt7wd5 жыл бұрын

    Will you upload Heathrow to Istanbul. Istanbul to keiv and the Chernobyl flights to your website

  • @thomaspawley8834
    @thomaspawley88345 жыл бұрын

    What I know is Business Class on Russian Airlines there are 2 seats per row as on e.g.g Lufthansa have 3 normal seats in Business

  • @camotech1314
    @camotech1314 Жыл бұрын

    Every Airbus seems to have that engine buzz. It gets pretty loud.😮

  • @sirmium12
    @sirmium125 жыл бұрын

    Hey Noel, are you still in Russia?have u flown on any of the Tupolev ones?

  • @jamescorbett3611
    @jamescorbett36114 жыл бұрын

    The service is very good on this airline and I hope if there is a vaccine that things will return to how it was

  • @mrsj2196
    @mrsj21965 жыл бұрын

    Jeez, how long have you been in Russia? Please advise your next trip.

  • @semsemeini7905
    @semsemeini79054 жыл бұрын

    Shucks I wish you had done economy. I am flying LED to Rome. 3 hours 45 minutes.

  • @paranormalkansas5768
    @paranormalkansas57685 жыл бұрын

    Why does Aeroflot still use the hammer and sickle in the logo

  • @MasaGuitar98

    @MasaGuitar98

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jakeb M why not? It has been their logo for 95 years.

  • @dave1001
    @dave10015 жыл бұрын

    red and white aircarft livery but blue seat - are they Aeroflots?

  • @Sllottery2010

    @Sllottery2010

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aeroflot is the owner of Rossiya. May be they gave them this aircraft. P.S. He said about this situation in 3:25

  • @dave1001

    @dave1001

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah i heard that and i knew Rossiya had been merged into Aeroflot along with other regional state owned airlines to make them more stable (not so long ago Aeroflot was forced by the the government to spin off it's regional airlines). Just looks a bit odd having blue seats that's all

  • @keyalpha1
    @keyalpha13 жыл бұрын

    So around 250 €? Good price for such a good flight. On Finnair for that price all I get is a knee in the groin.

  • @user-ee1ki5lz5e

    @user-ee1ki5lz5e

    2 жыл бұрын

    50 Euros now, will be even cheaper as Russia falls more into the dump

  • @tally1604
    @tally16045 жыл бұрын

    This is an international flight. It doesn't matter that it's short haul, business class is configured differently than domestic business would. For comparisons, look at cross Atlantic business on European carriers. Intra-european is really a domestic market now.

  • @VK-ld1dv

    @VK-ld1dv

    4 жыл бұрын

    I flew domestic on Rossiya. Same business class set up, same food and drink options. The flight was only 3 hrs long, which felt too short given the excellent service. Much better than intra-european business class on Iberia/Tap/Lufthansa/Finnair, etc. They just put you in an economy seat with the middle seat blocked.

  • @timmyboyproductions3947
    @timmyboyproductions39474 жыл бұрын

    09:02 ..... the shoe is off :-P

  • @Volkaer
    @Volkaer4 жыл бұрын

    Mate I am beginning to wonder what you're trying to tell the crew since you keep constantly getting fish instead of literally everything else. Including when fish isn't even on the menu XD

  • @belugast
    @belugast5 жыл бұрын

    Looked like a nice flight in European business. Shame not a real Russian i.e. TU-154 or IL-62 now that would be fun!!!!

  • @theVakhovske
    @theVakhovske5 жыл бұрын

    Fly their 777-300er Imperial class!Its amazing! *Hint they got them from emirates airlines, I'm Russian BTW ask any questions you would like to get answered

  • @xanderthomson6960
    @xanderthomson69605 жыл бұрын

    Great video but please keep the music down - I struggled to hear it!

  • @aidan4473
    @aidan44735 жыл бұрын

    Hello, bonjour, hola, holá, bonjourno, preevyet, hallo!

  • @mirrormirroronthewall1905
    @mirrormirroronthewall19055 жыл бұрын

    Not bad for second hand planes

  • @frog382
    @frog382 Жыл бұрын

    -British guy just mumbled something food bla bla -Just bring him fish and chips and he will shut up xD

  • @faal7724
    @faal77243 жыл бұрын

    OMG blyatiful

  • @VK-ld1dv
    @VK-ld1dv4 жыл бұрын

    European carriers need to learn from Rossiya/Aeroflot/Turkish/American carriers - an economy seat with a blocked middle seat is still economy, not business

  • @jahsyahellis651
    @jahsyahellis6515 жыл бұрын

    18th

  • @Shurdeflurgen
    @Shurdeflurgen5 жыл бұрын

    You keep getting fish when you order chicken.......next time try flapping your arms and bobbing your head.

  • @ivanzellin82
    @ivanzellin825 жыл бұрын

    Hey, what the fuck does that mean "Rossiya"? Maybe you had Russia?

  • @noelphilips

    @noelphilips

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rossiya is Russian for 'Russia' :)