This Monday (27), Korean Air It resumed operating commercial flights with the Airbus A380 on the Seoul (ICN) – New York (JFK) route, initially with three weekly flights and as of July it increases to daily flights. The last regular operation of the company’s superjumbo in the United States was in March 2020, as a result of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flight KE 81 was operated by an A380 registered with the registration number HL7614, which took off from Incheon International Airport at 10:02 local time and landed at John Airport. F. Kennedy at 11:13.
With the opening of the borders in South Korea, Korean Air began the reactivation of the largest aircraft in its fleet, this due to the increase in passenger demand, the airline plans to put into service three A380s of its fleet of 10 by the end of this year.
Flight itinerary
- Seoul Incheon – New York KE 81 ICN 10:00 – JFK 11:20
- New York – Seoul Incheon KE 82 JFK 13:40 – ICN 17:35+1
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The A380s operating this route have a capacity of 407 seats in three classes including 12 First Class, 94 Business Class and 301 Economy. Korean Air superjumbos have a built-in Duty-Free shop and a Lounge Bar, the latter located on the upper deck.
The company will also increase its services to JFK with three extra weekly flights operated on Boeing 777-300ERs increasing its capacity to 7,360 seats per week.
According to statistics from the South Korean government, in 2019 between Seoul Incheon (ICN) and New York (JFK) 782,760 passengers and 77,502 tons of cargo were mobilized in 3,109 air operations: it is the second largest market between South Korea and the United States, only behind Los Angeles (LAX).
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Korean Air schedule in the United States for the summer season 2022
According to data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, the main South Korean airline will have an offer of 44,517 seats per week to the US through 10 destinations:
- Atlanta (ATL) daily flights on Boeing 777-300ER.
- Boston (BOS) four flights per week on Boeing 777-300ER.
- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) four flights per week on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
- Honolulu (HNL) daily flights on Boeing 747-8i.
- Washington Dulles (IAD) daily flights on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
- New York (JFK) 10 flights per week on Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300ER.
- Las Vegas (LAS) 3 flights per week on Airbus A330-200.
- Los Angeles (LAX) two daily flights on Boeing 747-8i and 777-300ER.
- Chicago O’ Hare (ORD) five flights per week Boeing 777-300ER.
- Seattle – Tacoma (SEA) four flights per week on Airbus A330-300.
- San Francisco (SFO) daily flights on Boeing 777-300ER.
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