Press Release: Korean Air launches baggage loading notification system
“Your bag KE123456 has been loaded on flight KE082 bound for New York (JFK).” Korean Air has launched a new service that notifie... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Korean Air
As it flies into the sunset, what the Airbus A380 can teach us
As Air France announces it will be the first airline to withdraw completely its fleet of Airbus A380s, Emirates is in negotiations with Airb... Continue Reading
Emirates latest to block seats; frontline employees don PPE
Emirates is adopting social distancing in-flight in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with the airline announcing today that seats will ... Continue Reading
When a half can of Coke is the high point of a Korean Air 777 flight
I hate running to catch flights, but sometimes that’s just how it goes. And so it was, after a late arrival into Seoul that I found my... Continue Reading
Vietnam deserves consistency award for PaxEx aboard 787-9 and A350
On a recent personal trip to Vietnam, I had a choice of connecting through Seoul on either Korean Air or Vietnam Airlines. Having already tr... Continue Reading
Recategorizing inflight Champagne five years on
Five years is a long time in aviation — and with it being over five years since I first tried to sort inflight Champagne into categories, it... Continue Reading
When scant inflight service leads Korean A220 passenger to think LCC
What kind of #AvGeek would I be if I chose to fly the same airline twice on the world’s busiest route? Not willing to find out, I trad... Continue Reading
Simple touches don’t go unnoticed on Jin Air 777 short-hop
If you need to fly between Seoul and Jeju Island in South Korea, you have a smorgasbord of airlines to choose from. As the world’s busiest a... Continue Reading
The good and the meh of Korean Air PaxEx aboard the 787-9
On my way to the 2019 IATA Annual General Meeting in Seoul, I had a choice to make. Flying Korean Air, I could opt to take the once cutting-... Continue Reading
HAECO’s satisfyingly transformative galley monument is a delight
As airlines continue their push towards multi-functional third spaces on the aircraft, more and more attention is being turned to dual-funct... Continue Reading
Former CBB customer Korean Air re-embraces IFC with MAX deliveries
After a 15-year story arc, the final airline to have once offered the long defunct Connexion by Boeing inflight connectivity system is ready... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Cathay Pacific finally vindicated for its A380 decision
The early cancellation of the A380 program is changing public perception of the superjumbo: passenger popularity – arguably stronger than ev... Continue Reading
Asiana’s Solstys stands up to the business class test of time, twice
When Asiana Airlines introduced its OZ Quadra Smartium in 2011, the overall feeling was that the name was wonderfully weird, but that the St... Continue Reading
Airline Champagne options bubble with opportunity
It was all the way back in 2014 that I first started sorting inflight Champagne into categories to help discussion of what remains the most ... Continue Reading
Take a look inside Incheon Airport’s new Terminal 2
Visitors headed to South Korea for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be wowed by the brand new Terminal 2 that opened last mont... Continue Reading
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