Stuffed salmon rolls, great cabin and no Internet

With the Boeing 747-8 Korean Air from Frankfurt to fly to Seoul. What it has to offer, the Business Class in the Jumbo Jet?

Since the beginning of the year, Korean Air in the new Terminal 2 of the airport Incheon in Seoul at home. Who wants to Germany from there, you start in Frankfurt from Terminal 2 and land after a night flight at around 13 PM local time in South Korea. The national airline uses a Boeing 747-8. Business Class, called Prestige Class, in the Jumbo-Jets is distributed on the upper and main deck. We have tested the product in June 2018.

Booking/Reservation: ★★★★★.

The website of Korean Air is nice and clear, the operation is intuitive. Who wants to compare prices, check the "Flexible travel dates" and also the flights three days before and after the selected date is displayed.

Check-in/Boarding: ★★★★★.

At the Priority Check-in Desk, everything runs quickly and smoothly. After that, we can used as a Business-Class-passengers of the Korean Air Sky Lounge. This is very useful, because here the world Cup-the opening game of the German national team against Mexico on a big screen TV is shown. The joy then keeps within limits, is not due to the nice Lounge to Korean Air, but the Team of Jogi Löw. According to the safety checks we arrive exactly on time at the Gate and can directly start. A staircase leads up to the upper deck of the Jumbo Jets.

Crew: ★★★★☆.

Once we arrived at our place, the courteous flight attendants jacket and jacket. During the entire flight, we are very happy with the Service, the Crew is always friendly and professional. Two, three Times, we must ask, however, as we understand the law, quietly speaking ladies sometimes. Something we can only regret that the crew darkens pretty quickly to the window, although there is to see on the outside a lot. Also on the return flight it will be so, even though it is a daytime flight.

Seat: ★★★★★.

The 747 is equipped in Business Class with so-called Prestige Suites. We have a window seat and at the same time, direct access to the aisle, the offset built-in Seats. Below the screen there is a small stool surface, thanks to which you can put in an upright sitting position, the feet high – is very pleasant. The backrest and footrest of the seat can be infinitely adjusted. It can be converted by push of a button, but also directly to a flat bed or a reclining chair. Korean Air is the seat width of 21 inches, or nearly 53 centimetres and the seat pitch 75 inches or more than 1.9 meters. However, the airline indicates that the actual length of the bed is shorter than the distance between the seats, namely 1.85 metres. We can stretch out well, but felt that larger passengers have a little less convenient. The seat has a power outlet, as well as a little hidden USB port. Between the two, respectively, clustered together to Sit a small partition can be.

Meals: ★★★★☆.

Welcome, we get a bottle of water, peanuts and a juice. A little later we order a red wine that is, unfortunately, served cold. Of white wine, a Bordeaux from the year 2016, the dinner is much better. This begins with a Prosciutto-ham with sun-dried tomatoes as an appetizer, followed by a fish terrine with salad. Serving the Western main dishes, the flight attendants then a tomato soup Mediterranean art For our taste it is too sweet a touch. Main course with truffles and cabbage-stuffed salmon pinwheels with herb cream sauce, served with squid-ink pasta and vegetable Ratatouille. Those who like an intense taste of the sea this is perfect. The cheese course with Esrom, Combozola and Appenzell, we skip and go straight to the Dessert: ice cream from Haagen-Dazs. A successful meal. What strikes us, however, is negative: None of the offered main courses is vegetarian. Who wants to eat at Korean Air, meatless, you must pre-order 24 hours before departure. For Breakfast we try the Korean rice Porridge with side dishes. A rating we don't want to presume, however, since we do not find that at 4 a.m. (CEST) for us is perhaps the best time to test something New or to eat anything at all.

Cleanliness: ★★★★★.

On our screen, a few grease prints from fingers – as you would have had to again wipe over it. This Detail aside, everything is clean, there is nothing to complain about.

Cabin equipment: ★★★★★.

The Jumbo Jet has 26 Business Class seats in the main deck, fitted in a 2-2-2 configuration. In the upper deck, where we sit, with the addition of 22 more seats in a 2-2 configuration. A great advantage of the window space here: Directly under the window, a kind of Cabinet, this is top-hinged. You can put things in stash or simply something on top of it. Who sits on the aisle, you can store stuff on a surface behind the back of the next seat, but not close. For the 22 passengers on the upper deck there is the front of the cabin, two toilet rooms. Between the second and third row of seats by the emergency exits much space that you can use to move around a little to stretch. The dominant colors in the cabin are the turquoise of the seats, as well as bright shades of the gray panels. The effect is fresh, modern, and like us.

Entertainment system: ★★★★☆.

The screen is 18 inches or 46 centimeters screen diagonal comfortable. Since he is firmly installed, it is usually, to use the remote control with a built-in Mini-screen and not the touch screen. We will first take a look at the movie section of new releases and are surprised: The first movie is not a Hollywood Blockbuster, but the American-British Film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". Also the Dutch strip "Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle". It doesn't exist at every Airline. On the Other hand, the selection is not really huge and not always up-to-date. We look after all the Clint Eastwood movie "The 15:17 to Paris" (and want to discourage, in retrospect), as well as the photographer-curmudgeon-Film "Kodachrome" with Ed Harris (much better). The music selection includes titles from Japan, Korea and China as well as Western Pop, classical and world music. But who wants to browse it in terms of Hip Hop, or even harder guitar music, can hardly find it. Positive: You can make a small Korean-course, CNN and BBC World News to watch and the flight route in a number of different views of track.

Wifi: ★☆☆☆☆.

The only real disappointment on this flight: There is no Wifi. South Korea, writes of technological progress on the Banner and has been with companies such as Samsung or LG on the corporate side of real tech sizes. The national airline offers in Business Class is no Internet, there's an unpleasant Surprise.

Extras: ★★★★☆.

The Amenity Kit comes in a beautiful and convenient brew pouch. Therein, face cream, eye gel and lip balm of the brand Davi. There is also a toothbrush, toothpaste, brush and comb combined, as well as a sleeping mask. We are especially pleased about the small Shoe horn. However, we are missing earplugs. We also get shoes that not seem overly high quality, but serve their purpose, at least if you have a Shoe size of 44. Pillow and blanket are quite comfortable, but nothing Special.

Overall grade:

4,2 – Good.

Conclusion:

In the Business Class of a Korean air Jumbo Jet, it can be very a good ten or eleven hours of flight time. And even without Wifi, even if it is regrettable that the Airline provides no on-Board Internet. Especially in the upper deck, we have felt ourselves very well and recommend a window seat. Not only because of the additional storage space, but also because there are a lot of Exciting. Although the lake has remained with us through the clouds, hidden, and we could see the airport in Beijing from the air – but unfortunately, with the camera slowly.

The ticket for this Test was provided by Korean Air and the Korean tourism. The Tester aeroTELEGRAPH your judgment nevertheless, a free Hand. The airline took no influence on the content of the article nor any of conditions. This would be contrary to the code of conduct aeroTELEGRAPH.

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