Korean Air Lines - KAL

Advantages: Erm........
Disadvantages: Old planes, dull food.....

...Tokyo and Seoul was with Korean Air.... About Korean Airlines ------------------------------ Korean Air have a mix of around 120 aircraft, comprising of 747, 777, 737, A330 and A300 aircraft and mainly serve SE Asia, although serve many European capitals, such as London, Paris, Rome, etc. They don't fly to Africa or South America. Partnerships: ----------------- Korean Airlines are a member of the Sky Team alliance, comprising of KLM, Ai France, ...
...Most of the long haul Korean Air planes have a mix of three different classes: - Economy - Presitige (or business class) - First class My experience: -------------------- Well, I booked my flight through American Express travel in the UK and was issued with an E-Ticket. This was taken with me when checking in at Narita. There was no one around other for the checkin staff, and despite being in a Japanese airport flying on a Korean airline, the ... Read review

Advantages: Relatively Cheap
Disadvantages: Found staff woke me up all the time

...no pillows. The aircraft Korean Air uses are B747-400, B747-300, B747-200, B747 SP, B777-200, A330-300, A330-200, MD 11, A300-600, A300B mine was a B747-300. The seat itself was ok, I was allocated a window seat but it didnt recline that much so sleep was a little difficult. There are several other varities of seat available depending on price my seat was an economy seat and was according to the specifications 17.2 inches wide, recline to 27 degrees, ...
...the food was awful.."a traditional" korean dish was on offer or chicken noodles...neither of which were appealing and I didn't fancy the dehydrated seaweed soup either. I wasn't offered any alcholol but soft drinks were available... The actual flight was pretty bad due to turbulence and so I wanted to sleep but unfortunately the staff kept waking me up which I found annoying but when I wanted a drink the wasn't one to be found. The inflight entertainment ... Read review

Advantages: friendly staff
Disadvantages: food is not always nice, depends on which plane you get

...cheaper. Then we came across Korean Air. They were charging us around £700 per person. The trip ws split into 4 bits as it was a 20 hour flight to New Zealand, not terribly good for my first time flying! Anyway I will try not to bore you too much but this is my experience. Heathrow to South Korea (Seoul) - The plane was modern (I think it was a boeing 747 but i'm not quite sure). Each seat had a little TV in the back where you could listen to music ...
...a choice between english or Korean meals. I had beef in gravy with mashed potatoes. My brother had a korean dish which was very spicy. South Korea (Seoul) to New Zealand (Auckland) - After a two hour stop in Korea we set off again. The plane was very old and didn't have little TV's. The seats were really old like the ones you find in coaches. The food wasn't nice either it was stodgy and tasteless. But in this one we had side seats which had a lot ... Read review

Advantages: Very Cheap and Cabin is quite Clean
Disadvantages: Delays and food timing was poor

...could fly Japan Airlines or Korean Air. Now he was skeptical since Korea was a third world country at the time, but he risked it. Today he is telling me how poor the service was and how he was scared about the safety of the plane. But that was then and this is now. Korea and Japan are now pretty rich countries and air safety is much better these days. I travel a lot and I do want to try new airlines so Korean Airlines was my choice. Besides it saved ...
...really make much difference. The Korean Airlines Boeing 747-400 was pretty much empty, that is before stopping in Pusan. We stayed in Pusan for only about 10 minutes and the plane was off again. Seats in the plane were quite comfortable and you weren't packed like a sardine in a can. More passengers got on in Pusan and the plane was a little more crowded. Dinner was served 3 hours into flight. The meal consisted of a over salted salmon steak with ... Read review

Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Usually delayed

...the last 18 months with Korean Air, both internationally- short and long haul- and domestically. Internationally, we usually travel buisness class, though we have used economy plus for one trip, from Busan to Shangahi, as there is no business class on that sector. Business class on long haul legs ( Seoul to Sydney/Brisbane) is not too bad, but it doesn't really compare to Singapore Airlines or even Garuda, both of whom we have flown with. The planes ...
...of 10mins to over 1 hour, and never with any annoucement of the reason for the delay. Give Korean Air a try, they aren't too bad, and now you can get FF points with Air France or Delta, so there are a lot of opportunities for using the points. ... Read review