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Korean Air to introduce an all-business class in its upper deck on the new Airbus A380s
December 29, 2010 — Korean Air
Korean Air (Seoul) will launch its first A380 service in May 2011with the entire upper deck of the aircraft devoted to business class flyers.
Korean Air’s business seating, called Prestige Class, will have 94 lie-flat sleepers with 74 inches between seats and extra large seat partitions.
The airline’s A380 will have a total of only 407 seats: 12 first class and 301 economy class seats on the first level, and the 94 Prestige Class seats on the upper deck.
Korean Air has ordered ten A380 aircraft with the first five to be delivered by the end of 2011 and an additional five by 2014.
The airline will launch its A380s on short haul routes to Japan and East Asia in May, and then expand to Korean Air’s U.S. and European routes in August 2011.
Image: Korean Air.
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