Old Finnair A340s

Old Finnair A340s

Have all the older Finnair A340s with the angled-flat seats and tiny screens been sent to the glue factory in the sky now, or are some dragged back into service when needed? My A350 has been down-graded to an A340, so I'm hoping it's at least a refurb...

Is yours SIN-HEL? If so, it will be a refurb one. One way to confirm is to go to manage booking on Finnair website and check the seat selection.

"Have all the older Finnair A340s with the angled-flat seats and...sent to the flue factory in the sky now...?"

AY has placed its last of the three 343s wih the older cabin config(i.e.   angled lie-flat in J) in permanent storage about 2 mths ago.  Typically, 'permanent storage' means an airframe canNOT act as a std-by for last minute backup.

 "..dragged back into service when needed?"

Possible but rare especially when AY is due to take delivery of  359 x6 by end17.  Anyway, will usually take 1-2mths to reactivate airframe in perm storage for pax duties(i.e. std-by, charter or even scheduled).

"My A350 has been down-graded to an A340.."

Only four 343s remain in AY fleet and all of them hv horizontal flatbed in J(And only 5 window seats don't hv direct aisle access).  U didn't mentioned your departure point but aside fm seasonal-only destinations, AY now deploy these 343s mostly only to SIN and KIX/NGO or on std-by as 359 backup.

That's what I've heard. I flew an A340 SIN-HEL three weeks ago and it was the fully flat seat version in J.

I also flew an A340 SIN-HEL in June. The seat arrangement was 1-2-1. The seat was also fully flat. It was quite good, although I would prefer to try A350 of course.

"...flew an A340 SIN-HEL in June. The seat arrangement was 1-2-1."

Impossible as 1-2-1 is only for some rows.  5 rows hv 2-2-1.  Check Fleet section(Skip airframe OH-LQA which is already in perm storage) on finnair.com if U don't believe it.

You are correct. My bad.