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
Tag Archives: Korean Air
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
Korean Air fingers partners for Apex seat problems
It wasn’t so very long ago that aircraft interiors specialists enjoyed a level of secrecy that other parts of the aviation industry co... Continue Reading
Airlines urged to ditch the greenwash and commit to alternative fuels
Airlines are “still coming to grips with what’s realistic and what isn’t” when it comes to using sustainable alterna... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s staid first class misses out on innovation
Three years ago, bang in the middle of Korean Air’s “Nutgate” scandal, the airline’s first class service on the premium route between Seoul ... Continue Reading
Four strange choices make for an odd Korean Air regional first flight
Regional first class flying within Asia can be a peculiar business, with a wide variety of aircraft, seats, service and overall passenger ex... Continue Reading
CSeries makes short-hop premium economy creation a snap; see Korean
Having accepted delivery of its first two Bombardier CSeries CS300s, configured “dual class” with a total 127 seats, Korean Air ... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s Apex seats raise production, maintenance questions
The past several years have not seen universal success for seatmakers cutting the bleeding edge where design, materials engineering, passeng... Continue Reading
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