Hi everyone and welcome to another trip report this time i will be heading to seoul and jeju south korea for my chinnese new year holiday With korean air and Eastar Jet .Korean air is another skyteam airline to tryout when i took mainly china eastern and Xiamen airlines and it has 3 daily flights to seoul incheon with B747 8 intercontinental ,B777 300 ER and A330 300 and the only skyteam airline to depart from changi Terminal 4 . korean air has 25 B777 300 ER with old and new cabin configuration .My ride to seoul was a brand new cabin configuration of the B777 300 ER
Flight routing
- 1KE646 sin to ICN B777 300ER
- 2ZE219 GMP to CJU B737 800
- 3ZE212 CJU to GMP B737 Max8
- 4KE643 ICN to SIN B747 8i
Few hours before departure i check on flightrader 24 and the aircraft that was bringing me to seoul was HL 8347 a 5 year old b777 300 ER and it made many international flights inclduing from london heathrow however my flight to seoul delayed one hour later to 2.30am along with the late arrival of the B747 8i HL7637 as KE 643



Check in was done at row 6 of changi terimnal 4 and also check in online to recieve digital boarding pass i got there by using the mrt from my metro station near my home and a shuttle bus from terminal 2 that would take it directly to terminal 4 departures. We also recieve boarding pass at counter 6 and drop off our lugguage .The departure immigration and security took about 10 minutes and were in airside of terminal 4 we spent nearly 2 hours at the airside before heading to gate G20 to board the B777 300 ER


here my ride to seoul south korea its a 5 year old B777 300 ER HL 8347 (Hotel lima 8347) was just arrived from seoul as KE645 along with the late arrival B747 8i HL7637 as KE643 also arriving from seoul


Korean air (KE 646)
Aircraft B777 300ER
Registration HL8347 (Hotel Lima 8347)
powered by GE90 engines
Age 5years 6months old
Delivered to Korean air on 29-29 june 2019 made in everett (PAE) Equip with new cabin configuration
Estimated flight time 5 hours and 20 minutes
actual flight time 5 hours and 40 minutes


we also spotted the B7478i HL 7637 parking next to us and took about 1 hour and 10 minutes to turn around the B777 300 ER and B747 8I before returning to seoul as KE644 and our ride KE646 with catering and cargo loaded



Boarding commences around 2.15am with zone number and boarded thru zone 3 and walk past the new business class cabin to reach my seat 35J the Inflight entertainment was easy to use with a touch screen interface and using panasonic EX3 and a remote control .The earphone can be collected at the jetbridge upon boarding and easy to use as well.


even the nice wing view of the B777 300 ER and cathay pacific a350 900

there some good inflight entertainment selection on the beyond inflight entertainment system as well as interactive 3d flight map which is easy to zoom in and out like singapore airlines


also seen a promo video on korean air upon boarding.

i decided to watch transformers One 2024 while boarding is on going before the cabin door closes and safety video was played.

The safety video of the B777 300 ER with ai flight attendant was played after the cabin door was closed and the movie resume after the safety video is played

we were push back from gate G20 shortly and startup with a loud GE90 and flaps sound before taxing past Korean air B747 8I few minutes later than our B777 300 ER and some a320 towards the runway


there also a foward camera on the B777 300 ER of korean air

we were given refreshments as well as corn tea before the cabin lights switch off to rest i slept about a good 3 hours before continuing the transformers one movie


3 hours later after a sleep and we flying over taiwan when i check the interactive 3D map and finnish watching transformers one Movie before watching another movie Coraline 2009


Breakfast service was served 2 hours before landing into seoul incheon and there two option which is the omelette option and another is the stir beef with black been sauce the menu can be view anytime before departure which is similiar to the singapore airlines menu therfore i tried the omellete which was good as well as the potatoes and egg even the fruit platter as well as the skyteam napkins ,metal utensils and tray layout .


Drinks was served shortly during the meal service and i decided to go for the orange juice while enjoying the breakfast service as well as coffee and tea service which i enjoy the coffee while watching the movie before meal tray were collected


Arrival cards into korea was distributed 1 hour before landing into seoul incheon we filled out our arrival cards which took about 5 minutes to fill out .We started our decend into seoul incehon in a snowy weather and caught a nice view of the sky upon landing .

we touched down into seoul incheon around 9.49 am 1 hour late than our sechduled arrival time 8 50 am in a snowy weather.


Taxi past some korean air fleets along with the new korean air A350 900 in a snowy weather before parking next to Garuda indonesia A330 300 PK GPV at the gate


We disembark the B777 300 ER and caught some snowy view of the airport as well as Korean air B7879 Hl 8390 and another B777 300 ER while walking towards the arrival hall




Immigration took about 25 minutes due to long lines and few counters open and collected my suitcase at the baggage claim before making my way to seoul gimpo for the domestic flight on eastar jet via arex train .Although this is a good trip report and definetly fly korean air B777 300 ER again on a long haul flight do stay tuned on the domestic trip report to jeju.

