The TV screens are quality and I didn’t have any issue with the picture quality being reduced when I reclined into my seat.
At the back of the upper deck is another lounge/bar that is the primary “social space” on board. On the one hand, the flight attendants were courteous and provided decent-to-good service.
Long-haul freight operations were introduced on April 26, 1971, followed by passenger services to Los Angeles International Airport on April 19, 1972. It’s plain awful out of JFK. On the opposite end of the Celestial Bar on the upper deck, there’s a smaller bar area with a couple of seats where you can make your own drinks.Brad served up a bloody Mary when we made our way to the bar.There’s also a special first class bar on the A380 which is located just outside of the first class cabin on the lower deck. The alcohol here, like the bar downstairs, seemed to be self-serve, as no flight attendants passed through in the fifteen or so minutes that we spent in this area. Food was decent. I’m not a fan of business or first class seats that limit your space in a confining footwell so having all of this open space to rest my feet was a huge plus.Although the open Cosmo suites don’t fully enclose like the You can see the difference with the side partition raised in the photo below. Korean Air’s first class cabin on the A380 is comprised of twelve seats, or Kosmo Suites, as the airline refers to them, on the lower deck. I was pretty excited to have caught a glimpse of the new (at that time) Delta A350-900 that had just made its way over from the Midwest.We bid our crew adieu as we deplaned and made our way through the terminal to get to the new first class lounge, which I will be reviewing next.All in all, Korean Air offers a solid first class product on the A380.
First Impressions Of First Class On Korean Air’s A380 We were greeted warmly upon boarding and shown to our seats. The weather was perfect that day and as we climbed my eyes were glued to the window.
The color scheme, as others have noted however, leaves a bit to be desired. That’s about 100 fewer seats than the average of other airlines flying the A380. Indeed at one point, I saw a flight attendant hold a baby for about 15 minutes so the mother could eat her meal.
The bag itself was an attractive yet simple brown canvas bag that was specially branded for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games (again, this post was long overdue). And apart from the welcome surprise of doors on the suite, the flight was utterly underwhelming in every aspect, much like yours.
The padding and pillows could have been a bit softer or fuller but they weren’t nearly as bad as some of those paper thin pillows some airlines are guilty of handing out.Also between the pajamas and duvet, it was pretty warm in the suite but aside from that I was pretty comfortable.When we arrived at ICN, the Olympic theme song played which I thought was pretty cool (the 2018 Winter Olympic Games were going on at the time so it made sense). If it weren’t for some language barrier issues, the flight would’ve been virtually perfect in the service department.I would happily fly the Korean Air A380 again, though I’m interested in trying out those Cosmo 2.0 Suites. On a plane, it helps against spills too.Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In addition to nuts and some sort of lollipop-like candy, there were a couple bottles of self-service liquor with several more bottles and martini glasses tucked away behind glass display cases. We arrived at the gate shortly before boarding was announced, and as mentioned in We were greeted warmly upon boarding and shown to our seats.
UponArriving has partnered with CardRatings for our coverage of credit card products. Korean Air’s A380 first class is in a 1-2-1 configuration with a total of 12 suites and is located on the lower deck of the A380.
Aside from BA F which is hardly F at all and should never be placed on any realistic F product ranking, I put KE at the #2 spot on my “Completely Underwhelming and Overly-Hyped by Bloggers” list…with #1 belonging to QF F. I had the same “meh” experience as you on nearly every single point. Not long after I settled into my seat, the flight attendant who would be working my side of the aisle came by to introduce herself and offer a warm towel.
Korean Air A380 Business Class cabins are configured with 94 business class seats spread across the entire length of the upper deck. Korean Air; Lufthansa; Malaysia Airlines; Qantas; Qatar Airways; Singapore Airlines; Thai Airways; ANA and Emirates still have A380s on order. While I wasn’t particularly hungry given the two entrees I had eaten earlier, I decided to partake of the dinner service for the photos if nothing else.For the dinner meal service, I opted for some bread, a salad, and the shrimp dumpling noodle soup dish.Our descent was uneventful and we touched down a few minutes after 4:00pm local time. The positive, of course, is that Korean Air is the only product on which one can reliably find 3-4 first class award seats.That said, with no Wi-Fi, an average IFE system, and catering and service that were fine but not exceptional, I wouldn’t quite call Korean Air first class an aspirational product.
I genuinely enjoyed almost everything we were served and felt that the attentiveness of the crew was top-notch. For taste/smell. It also comes with some snacks and different alcohol options.There’s nothing very special about the lavatories on board the Korean Air A380.Unfortunately, I lost the photos of the bedding due to a memory card issue.
Founding. Though fairly minor, the towel did have a noticeable scent of mildew, which I found off-putting and disappointing for first class.When I asked for a glass of champagne, the flight attendant informed me that they no longer serve alcohol on the ground in the US, which seems to have been their policy for at least several years now. 11.