What is Icelandair’s new A321neo Saga Premium business class like?

Icelandair have two different seats in Saga Premium business class. Most aircraft feature the Aviointeriors Andromeda seat, which I tried on my flight from Dublin to Keflavik and found to be very comfortable. The Airbus A321neo aircraft have a different seat, the Geven Comoda, and I was interested to see what it was like.

This flight was the return sector of a trip I booked solely to try out Saga Premium at Icelandair. There was a sale fare for €299 return that I just couldn’t pass up, so I finally got to try business class on this airline.

Icelandair Saga Lounge

There are quite a lot of departures early in the morning from Keflavik Airport in Iceland. This meant that when I arrived at the lounge it was absolutely heaving with people. I found a quiet spot at the far end of the lounge in one of these seats.

The staff were frantically re-stocking items in the frankly inadequate for the demand food area. I managed to have a little snack, some juice and water while I waited. From there it was off to Duty Free to pick up three bottles of Himbrini Old Tom Gin for a friend before heading to the boarding gate.

Boarding in Keflavik Airport

The lounge is after security but before Passport control, so you need to factor that in to your visit. I arrived at the gate just as they started boarding Saga Premium business class, so that was super timing. We went up to the aerobridge and then stood waiting for some time before we could get on the plane itself.

FI416 – Reykjavik to Dublin (KEF-DUB)
17 January 2026
Airbus A321neo LR – TF-IAB – Lómagnúpur
Seat: Saga Premium 1A
Departure: 07:40 Arrival: 10:15

Once on board, I stowed my cabin bag a couple of rows back. Row one is on its own, and the overhead compartments are taken by things the crew need. On the flipside there is plenty of leg room and no seats across from you, as you can see on the AeroLOPA seat map here.

Saga Premium Business Class on the A321neo

Unfortunately my very first impression of the seat was unfavourable. As soon as I sat down, I thought, “Whoa – not nearly as comfortable as the other seats.” They are much harder and far less easy on the posterior than the seats on the rest of the fleet.

The seats have winged headrests, which is something I rarely come across. I’m not sure if I love them or not. On the plus side, the entertainment screen is high definition and quite a generous size.

Safety on Board

Icelandair have a creative yet mildly weird safety video where landmark locations become items in the video. The most striking one was a pier turned into an aircraft on water, which is a remarkable idea!

The video has an English language voiceover and Icelandic subtitles. I found when I visited Iceland, pretty much everyone speaks English. When I enquired as to why, they said they have to learn it in school because, “nobody knows Icelandic”. Fair!

Bluetooth Pairing

While I took the offered headphones, I ended up not using them. I spotted the Bluetooth pairing button on the entertainment screen and remembered reading that you could use your own headphones.

I happened to have my AirPods Pro in my pocket, so I pressed the button on the screen. It says to put the device into pairing mode, so I pressed the button on the back of the case. Seconds later it was all done and during the flight I watched the rest of the movie F1 with my AirPods in for sound. Pretty cool!

An Icelandic Breakfast

Once in the air, the breakfast and drinks service began. This time I went for the Limoncello Cocktail as my drink, and a no-choice breakfast was delivered. I often find inflight breakfast to be an ordeal, so I was curious as to what Icelandair would offer.

Turns out, a perfect selection. I quite like quiche and this was hot and lovely. The open-face sandwich was an unexpected choice, but also really nice. The biggest surprise was the innocuous sounding Greek yoghurt with blueberries. It also had Icelandic blueberry salt on top which really packed a punch and woke a person up taste wise! Very nice indeed and I was happy.

Those sneaky ads…

Even Saga Premium business class passengers cannot avoid the adverts that Icelandair has on its entertainment system. You get a good few at the beginning of any kind of movie, spruiking various Icelandic tour companies and alcohol vendors.

Most intrusive though is when you select the map to see where you are. I’ve never come across the various flipping map views interspersed with a great big ad for Reykjavik Excursions before. Didn’t love that!

Overall Thoughts

Icelandair Saga Premium business class is pretty good. I quite liked the Bluetooth pairing for the sound, and the quality of the video screen. Breakfast was quite good, certainly in the upper echelon of short to medium haul business class meals for me.

What a shame about the seat though! Hard on the bum and not nearly as comfortable as the older ones. Maybe they need to be worn in, but I feel it’s the seat design itself. Do yourself a favour and fly on any of the other Icelandair aircraft over the A321neo if you can. You’ll be far more comfortable.

Have you flown on the Icelandair A321neo in Saga Premium business class before? How does it compare to the other Icelandair business class seats in your opinion? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.

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Featured image by André Gerwing via Wikimedia Commons.
Cabin shot via One Mile At A Time.