Korean Air B737 is the way to go.
KE 601 ICN-HKG (Seoul/Incheon->Hong Kong)
DEP ICN 12 JUN 2013 13:45
ARR HKG 12 JUN 2013 16:50
Flight Duration: 4:05
Aircraft: B737-900ER
I had some work to do in Hong Kong while working in Korea. At that time, there were four daily flights to Hong Kong with Korean Air. The early morning flight was with B747, second flight with A330, third flight (mine) with B737-900ER, and last flight with A380-800.
I wanted to take the A380 flight, but that meant getting into Hong Kong much later at night. I wanted to grab dinner with friends in Hong Kong, so I decided take the B737-900ER flight which departed from ICN at 13:45.
Incheon Airport had been getting very busy in the recent years. I hope they work on getting the Terminal 2 finished on time.
The Korean Air A380-800 was pulling into the gate right next to my flight.
This big blue whale will serve as KE 11 to Los Angeles Airport.
And right next to the A380-800 was my Hong Kong-bound plane in Gate 8.
In Korean airports, they do not allow outside drinks to be brought in (even post-security). I bought a Mr. Smoothie couple minutes before boarding time and the agent kindly advised me of the policy. I ended up hanging around for good 10-15 minutes to finish the smoothie.
Since it was a smaller plane, the gate used only one boarding bridge.
That's the copilot.
The plane was only a couple of months old. Can you say "new plane smell"?
That window seat is mine.
To the left of me was an Indonesia-bound Korean Air A330.
The Korean Air's new economy seats were installed on their medium-range B737s. The AVOD systems on B737, although a bit smaller than the ones on B777 or A380, is basically the same thing as the ones on the bigger KE planes.
Today, there weren't any Cantonese-speaking flight attendants. Only the Mandarin-speaking ones.
We took-off to the north and quickly turned to the west.
The new Boeing Sky Interior mood lighting looks great.
Choices for lunch was Bibimbap, beef, or fish. I chose fish for the in-flight meal.
It turned out to be one of the worst in-flight meals I've ever had. The fish was way too dry.
I watched "Django Unchained" for the movie.
I've always been on bigger planes with Korean Air, so it's a new feeling to be on their B737s.
Hong Kong's weather was rather cloudy today with a bit of rain.
We landed from the west side of the Hong Kong Airport Island.
At the baggage claim.
To save some money we took the A11 bus toward the Hong Kong Island. The fare would be 40 HKD each way. One way ticket for the Airport Express would set us back 100 HKD each.
At the Fortress Hill MTR Station.
At Wan Chai. Looking at I.M. Pei's signature Bank of Hong Kong Tower.
Me at the Victoria Peak, awed by the scenery of Hong Kong skyline.
