Come With Me On Board Finnair’s Angry Birds Asian Challenge!

After mingling with the Angry Birds at the Finnair’s Lounge in Helsinki, it was finally time for me to board the plane!

Finnair pampered their passengers with live band playing the Angry Birds theme song at the Helsinki Airport boarding gate.

There were more Angry Birds at the counter welcoming passengers in the queue to board the plane.

Credit: Lasse Kaila

Once on board Finnair, Angry Birds stuffed toys on each passenger’s seat soon greeted us.

First Ever Angry Birds Asian Challenge onboard this Finnair Flight.

This was what I found on my seat, welcoming me!

Tada! This is MINE! These charismatic plushies were on every seat; it was like a lucky draw. In our team, Bryan & I were both got this Black Bird! I’m happy with mine, although it’d be perfect to have the Red Bird.

Happy team members with our very own Angry Bird: John, Katja, Viktor & Lasse

What was Lasse doing? Unhappy with the plushy he had gotten??

Well, he managed to swop for a Yellow Bird in the end :) Cute, right?

Look what I found!

My AB trademark!!

Come, meet Mr Red Bird; sitting just in front of my row! He certainly didn’t look happy to be squeezed in the cattle class with us :<

Meal time!

Omelette for breakfast. Yum!

Dessert time with the Angry Bird!

Just look at this pretty Finnair Flight Attendant with the AB apron!

The handsome Steward too, with an AB tie though it wasn’t as striking as the apron. These gorgeous Flight Attendants were really friendly & sporty throughout the entire flight.

Hey, I’ve got one too! 

Nay, fat hope :< The Finnair Stewardess kindly let me put on her apron for a photo shoot after seeing how I drooled over her apron. If only I could have it………

After meal, it was time for the real thing. I was thrilled to be part of the first ever Angry Birds Asian Challenge, taking place on board the 12-hr flight from Helsinki to S’pore at an altitude of over 10,000 metres!

On this extraordinary Angry Birds flight, passengers got to play the AB game on Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 5.0.

Top 5 passengers who had signed up for the game on board would then compete against 7 global contestants (that’s ME, one of the seven).

Here were the event organizers going round the cabins signing up passengers for the challenge.

Seen here were Lasse & Viktor practising hard before the challenge.

Here’s John engrossed in the game when the challenge finally started, with onlookers watching him play.

Credit: Bryan Soh

Me, playing the game in real time. I did amazingly well, probably one of the best scorers in the entire flight; counting from the back! Lol! My pathetic score was perhaps just half of what the winner had scored. But who could blame me; after all, I’m not a faithful AB gamer. Although I’m a huge fan of the Angry Birds, I’m not exactly into its game. I just love cooking AB food & I adore their merchandise as I’m a big kid myself.

When my son found out that I’d won the trip, he was worried, really concerned. He kept telling me, “Mummy, you better start practising the game before you fly there!” So how did I win this trip? Did I bribe the panel of judges? Check out how I Won A Trip On Finnair’s Angry Birds Flight To Helsinki!!

Next in the challenge was Bryan. The atmosphere was tensed & pressure was building up, as he was the last player. All eyes were on him to see if he could beat the top score of the leading passenger. Bryan did really well, but not good enough to beat the top score. The team members were hoping that he could emerge as the winner. 

Credit: Finnair

So who was at the center of attention? Jani Uljas, a normal passenger from Finland, was the overall Champion of the Angry Birds Asian Challenge with the best score!

After the 12-hr exhilarating overnite flight had landed in S’pore, Jani & the team members had to attend a press conference at Changi Airport. Although the commotion had ended on board Finnair, there're more coming to you next at the Press Conference In Singapore Changi Airport! Well, I'll leave you here with Longest ever flight of the Angry Birds video: