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Korean A380 for Seoul-LAX

Korean Air now has four Airbus A380s as of last Thursday. The newest A380 will undergo the usual tests and will start flying from Seoul/Incheon to Paris ( Mon, Wed, Fri) from 26 September until 29 October and to Los Angeles (every Tue, Thu, Sat) from 10 October 2011. I plan to fly the Seoul-Lax route in November. Anyone want to join me?

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Trip Review: Emirates- comparing the A380

How many people really care what aeroplane they are in? I do care because I sit in two planes a week, on average. These planes are my favourites: Boeing 717 (flown 18 times) Boeing 747 (83 times for 660 000km) Boeing 777 (alas only 7 times) The plane I have recently fallen in love with is the A380, the world’s largest passenger plane: First flew it with Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Sydney last November Then I travelled on the Qantas one in June from Los Angeles to Sydney (blog post here) This week’s adventure on the mega Jumbo…

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