Review of Norra flight Tallinn → Helsinki in Economy

ABOUT AIRLINE, AIRCRAFT AND ROUTE

Airline History and info:
Norra, which stands for Nordic Regional Airlines, is a Finnish regional airline and a subsidiary of Finnair. Norra was established in 2011 to replace Finncomm Airlines, which had been Finnair's previous regional subsidiary.

Norra operates a fleet of modern regional aircraft, including Embraer E190 and ATR 72-500 aircraft. The airline operates regional flights within Finland, as well as to destinations in other Nordic and Baltic countries, such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, and Latvia.

Norra operates under Finnair's flight codes and provides feeder traffic to Finnair's main hub at Helsinki Airport. The airline also operates some routes under its flight codes.

Norra has a reputation for reliability and efficiency, and it has won several awards for its services, including the "Regional Airline of the Year" award at the 2017 Aviation Awards held in Dubai.

Aircraft Info:
Registration: OH-ATL
Aircraft: ATR 72-500 - Type Code: AT75
Serial Number (MSN): 0851 - AGE (FEB 2009) 14 years - Mode S 4601F9
Airline: Finnair - Code: AY/FIN
Operator: Norra - N7/FCM
Country of registration: Finland
Delivery Date to the Norra: 15/06/2015
First flight with Norra: N/A
Previous owners: Finncomm Airlines, Flybe Nordic, and now Nordic Regional Airlines.

Route Info:
Norra operates several daily flights between Tallinn (TLL) and Helsinki (HEL) as a feeder service for Finnair. The flight time for this route is typically around 35 minutes to 1 hour, depending on factors such as weather conditions and air traffic.

The flights are operated using ATR 72-500 and Embraer E190 aircraft, which are well-suited for short regional flights. Norra offers a variety of fare classes for this route, ranging from economy class to business class, with different amenities and services included depending on the fare class selected.

Overall, Norra's TLL-HEL route provides convenient and reliable air transportation between the two cities, and it is a popular choice for travelers commuting between Tallinn and Helsinki. 

Arriving to the airport, NAVIGATING at the airport, BOARDING, TAXI, TAKE OFF, CLIMPING

I arrived at the airport about 2h before my flight like always I do. We did not need to check in or give out luggage because we did online check-in and we only had hand luggage. Security control went pretty fast because there were not many flights at this time. One thing that I like about Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport is that: After security control, there is a duty-free shop so you can buy the thing that you need like water, etc and you don't need to make a digression on your way to the gates. After the duty-free shop, you can meet at this luggage table next to the cafe. I think it has a very cool design but you can't place heavy items on the table bc it will brake. (Sorry for bad picture)

When it comes to gates. At Tallinn Airport every gate has its unique design. My gate had an A.Le Coq design and A.le Coq is Estonia's one of the biggest beer company. 

So we arrived at the airport about 2h before so which allowed me to do some plane spotting at our neighbor's gate which has an Air Baltic design. 
After our plane arrived we went back to our gate. 
First photo of our plane.  

After the last passenger was de-boarded we started our boarding. Boarding last about 5-10 minutes but regularly it is about 10-15 minutes. 

One thing that I like about boarding ATR 72/42 is that you always board from the rear of the plane and it gives you a stunning view of the aircraft when you are passing by from the front/side of the plane.  

I did not take any pictures when pushing back, taxing, and on take off but I took a video. 

After the last passenger was boarded we started push-back. When we were taxing plane shaked pretty well so the flight attendant needed to hold when she did a safety demo.  We had a lot of turbulence when we took off and that evening was a cloudy day so most of the flight was inside clouds and it was a little bit scary. Our regular take-off time was 23:05 but we took off at 22:58.

Departure video:  

CATERING, IN-FLIGHT ENTEiRMENT, CRUSISING AND CABIN.

There was 0 catering on board because it is a short flight and the seat belt sign was off for 1 second only. After reaching our cruising altitude of 3km (about something 10,000 feet), our aircraft cruised for about 3-6 minutes. There was no In-Flight enteirment. So about seats. The seats were okay but a little bit small because the person next to me was a little bit big/wide and it was impossible to put the armrest down. We cruised inside the clouds the whole time. 

DESCENDING, LANDING, TAXING AND DE-BOARDING, BAGGAGE CLAIM AND NAVIGATING OUT from the airport

When we started descending again, no ground was seen, and again lots of turbulence. When about 2-3 minutes away from the airport the ground was seen. The landing was hard and I think it is normal with ATR aircraft and we had a lot of turbulence. When taxing to the gate… ground turbulence/plane was shaking. Our original landing time was 23:40 but we landed at 23:19 De-boarding went pretty well. We only had hand luggage so no problem with messing baggage claim area. When I was navigating out from the airport I plane spotted some planes through the terminal window.

Navigating out from the airport was easy because of all of the helping signs. 

There is youtube video about arrival: