At GhettoIFE, I have very soft spot for Asiana Airlines (Mainly for some excellent customer service experience, but also for some amazing flying experiences… like flying in a First Class Cabin as the only paying passenger).
As such I take a bit of an interest in what this airline does.
Asiana Airlines put in an order for its Airbus A380s – a fleet of six aircraft – some time ago (and following fellow carrier Korean Air who also operates the A380).
Their first aircraft is now out of the paint shop at Hamburg, and is looking rather smart.
Asiana Airlines A380 at Hamburg – Photos via Airbus SAS.
The first aircraft is due to have its cabin fitted, along with all the systems related to the cabin, along with performance testing – before being returned to Toulouse in preparation for delivery.
The cabin will feature a three class cabin, made up of:
- 12 first class suites
- 66 business class seats
- 417 economy ‘Travel Class’ seats,
- Total: 495 passengers
Delivery of the aircraft will be during the 2nd quarter of 2014 .
Asiana are planing to use the A380 initially on regional routes before being launched on a them to long haul routes to the USA – with Los Angeles earmarked as the first long haul destination.
Now, this is the point where I need to collect Star Alliance miles again isn’t it…
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Just found out my July 9 HKG-ICN OZ#746 will be on this baby and I’m in First – on my way in first to JFK #Luckedout
booked our flight lax/bkk with them, lax oz201 segment
got the seats in first with united miles before they were devalued
fun and at the same time a little sad as this would have most likely our last time to fly the 747 on this route