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Korean gears up for Paris and LA A380 services

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Korean Air A380s to have just 407 seats

 

Korean Air is to configure its Airbus A380 aircraft with just 407 seats, the lowest-density layout for the type of any carrier so far.

 

The airline has disclosed details of its seating arrangement for the twin-deck aircraft, which will include an all-business upper deck.

 

Korean Air says this deck will have 94 lie-flat sleeper seats, with 74in pitch.

 

This will give business passengers a sense of "exclusivity", says passenger business division chief Walter Cho.

 

Travellers on the upper deck will be able to feel "like they're travelling in their own private jet", he adds.

 

On the lower deck there will be 12 first-class and 301 economy-class seats.

 

Korean Air is to put the aircraft into service in May 2011, initially on short-haul routes to Japan and eastern Asia.

 

These initial routes will be followed by longer A380 services to the USA and Europe in August.

 

It has 10 of the type on order, and five will arrive by the end of next year.

 

Cho says the aircraft's layout will have a level of comfort that will "provide us with a competitive edge".

 

Five other carriers operate the A380, with Air France's jets fitted with the highest-density layout of 538 seats.

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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Some news about the Koreans and their A380s again. From Jim Liu's blog:

 

Initial routes, though not detailed on particular flight numbers, as follows:

 

June 2011 Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Narita

June – August 2011 Seoul Incheon – Hong Kong, Seoul Incheon – Bangkok

30 A380s are planned to be delivered by Airbus in 2011 calendar year:

  • Air France - 2
  • China Southern - 3
  • Emirates - 3
  • Korean Air - 5
  • Lufthansa - 4
  • Qantas - 5
  • Singapore Airlines - 7
  • Saudi's Prince Al Walid bin Talal - 1

With so many A380s planned to be delivered this year to SQ, I wonder where are they going to deploy the aircrafts. ICN-SFO, FRA-JFK should be the prime candidates.

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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An updated schedules for Korean Air's A380 first A380 flights by sealalula of SQTalk. HKG will be the first destination!

 

Here are their proposed schedules:

31/5-3/7 Daily except Mon KE607 ICN-HKG 22:30/Daily except Tues KE608 HKG-ICN 00:50

1/7-1/10 Daily KE603 ICN-HKG 10:55/Daily KE604 HKG-ICN 12:25

4/7-31/7 Days 1,2,5,6,7 KE607/Days 1,2,3,6,7 KE608 same schedule above

1/8-29/10 Daily KE607/608

Imagine, fly KUL-BKK with AK, then take EK A380 BKK-HKG, then take KE A380 HKG-ICN... Any takers? Waiping? *wink*

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An updated schedules for Korean Air's A380 first A380 flights by sealalula of SQTalk. HKG will be the first destination!

 

 

Imagine, fly KUL-BKK with AK, then take EK A380 BKK-HKG, then take KE A380 HKG-ICN... Any takers? Waiping? *wink*

Imagine if MH or TG ever uses the A380 from KUL to BKK. You could fly 3 different A380s on 3 different airlines to ICN using that routing! :D

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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There is a chance actually IF Lufthansa deploys their A380 on FRA-BKK vv, which automatically means that the 4 weekly tag-on BKK-KUL vv (and SGN too on the other 3 days) will get the A380 too. I see this as feasible.

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An updated schedules for Korean Air's A380 first A380 flights by sealalula of SQTalk. HKG will be the first destination!

 

 

Imagine, fly KUL-BKK with AK, then take EK A380 BKK-HKG, then take KE A380 HKG-ICN... Any takers? Waiping? *wink*

 

 

Actually I would like to give it a try, considering EK J class fare BKK-HKG is around MYR1500++ round trip....

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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Actually EK's First Class on the A380 (with the suite, shower spa and all) between BKK and HKG is only priced MYR 2,733 (THB 26,280.00) all in return. This is very affordable when compared to TG's and CX's Business Class ticket on the same route (MYR 4,000+).

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Waiping    12

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An updated schedules for Korean Air's A380 first A380 flights by sealalula of SQTalk. HKG will be the first destination!

 

 

Imagine, fly KUL-BKK with AK, then take EK A380 BKK-HKG, then take KE A380 HKG-ICN... Any takers? Waiping? *wink*

 

Haha, great idea!

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Y C LEONG    1

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some information on KE's A380 operation date..

 

These flights will be loaded into GDS soon..

 

ICN-HKG 6W 31/05-03/07 (234567) : 5W 04/07-31/07 (12567) : 01/08-29/10 Daily

KE 607 2000 - 2233

KE 608 0500+1 - 0520+1

 

KE 603 0830 - 1055 (daily)

KE 604 1225 - 1700 (daily)

 

ICN-NRT 01/06-30/09 (daily)

KE701 0910 - 1130

KE702 1300 - 1525

 

KE705 1835 - 2055 02/10-29/10 3W (357)

KE706 0925+1 - 1150+1 "

 

ICN-BKK 01/07-30/09 (daily)

KE651 1740-2110

KE652 2240-0600+1

 

ICN-JFK 3W 02/07-31/08 (246) : 01/09- (Daily)

KE81 1100-1155

KE82 1400-1720+1

 

ICN-LAX 01/10 - (daily)

KE17 1500-1030

KE18 1230-1710+1

 

 

ICN-KUL KE671/2 will be operated by 772 from 27th Mar too. with Kosmo Suite & Kosmo Sleeper product in First + Prestige Sleeper in Prestige.

 

Best regards... ;)

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Y C LEONG    1

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If I'm not mistaken it is present in all A380's. Emergency hatch I think.

 

 

that is the emergency hatch for crew to escape, got to know from my friend who worked for QF when i was onboard QF A380 for a quick browse

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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From Jim Liu's blog, KE has announced its inaugural A380 flight. http://airlineroute.net/2011/01/12/ke-380-s11/

 

Korean Air’s has revealed planned Airbus A380 operation. First A380 inaugural flight is scheduled 01JUN11, KE703/704 Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Narita service.

KE also planned its A380s to fly from ICN to BKK, HKG, LAX, JFK and NRT.

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Y C LEONG    1

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the photos will be uploaded to Korean Air Southeast Asia facebook page. check them out there because i have just received them this morning and given the authorisation to distribute it to media.. :yahoo:

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Tamizi Hj Tamby    1

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the photos will be uploaded to Korean Air Southeast Asia facebook page. check them out there because i have just received them this morning and given the authorisation to distribute it to media.. :yahoo:

 

 

Thanks for the info YC; And yes,the photo is now uploaded at Korean Air SE Asia FB page.

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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Innovation, innovation!

 

We have EK with the famous spa and bar on the A380 and AF with the (sadly) infamous museum. Soon we will have a duty free shop on the A380. KE will be the first airline to introduce a full fledge duty free shop at the rear of the main deck of its A380s. No wonder their number of seats is the least dense amongst all current and future A380 operators.

 

"The shop replaces 13 seats on the aircraft so you're losing a lot of revenue, but the Korean mentality is that they buy all the duty free on every flight," says Whetter. "It was Korean's concept to do it and they approached us".

 

Each of the five display units inside the shop weighs 120-130kg (265-287lb) and 30kg of duty free products can be placed inside each one. Up to 64 individual items can be displayed. In the event of turbulence, each of the bottles on display has a strong magnet on the bottom which can withstand a 2g loading.

 

Cosmetics firm Lancome has bought the first advertising spot inside the shop.

 

It will be open for business for the duration of each flight and staffed by full-time sales assistants. First class passengers will have the opportunity to browse the shop and make purchases before anyone else, followed by business class and then other passengers.

Full article with photos and videos: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/05/355131/interiors-video-korean-air-unveils-a380-flying-duty-free-shop.html

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Mohd Azizul Ramli    2

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What everyone touted as the best livery todate on the A380 will soon be gracing the skies.

 

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This is Korean Air's first A380 in its first photo in A.Net in full livery taken during its first flight after cabin testing. Click on it to increase its hit!

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