Jin Air LJ 8 MFM-ICN (Macau/Taipa->Seoul/Incheon)
DEP MFM 0130 19 MAY 2014
ARR ICN 605 19 MAY 2014
Flight Duration: 3:50
Aircraft: B737-800
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I may have arrived in Hong Kong couple days earlier, but I decided to take the return flight out of Macau Airport with Jin Air. It was a better option for me, since it was a red-eye flight back to Korea and I could really maximize my time in China (well, Hong Kong and Macau).
It costed me around 20 USD to take a one-way ferry from Hong Kong to Macau early in the day (18 May). We had about 18 hours to kill, so we ate, walked around, hung out at casinos. Around 11PM, I headed for Macau Airport, which I could get to by taking a shuttle from Venetian Casino. Jin Air counter actually doesn't open until 11:30PM, so there was no real rush in getting to the airport early.
Here we were, in Macau Venetian, one of the biggest casinos in the world (and expanding!).
The sign for shuttle to Macau Airport.
As you can see, there's free shuttle to just about any important places from most hotels in Macau (even if you were not guests). I tend to use these buses whenever I can.
Boarding the bus bound for Macau/Taipa Airport.
I decided to try out some Macau Airport's McDonald's at the second floor.
The Jin Air counter was on the right side of the departures floor. Air Macau took over the left side.
All seats were sold out. Especially on the Monday morning red-eye flights, a lot of Koreans tend to take this flight back home and report to work right after they land... (@@)
Right after the security checkpoint.
As you can see, Macau Airport isn't big at all. It especially feels empty tonight since Jin Air is the only flight leaving.
Gate 6 is where I would be leaving from.
The boarding pass for today's flight to Seoul/Incheon. It's a generic boarding pass that has Macau Airport logo on it.
It was raining hard outside. But if you look closely, you can see the Jin Air B737.
Time was 12:30AM. Still one more hour til departure.
At 1AM, the boarding started. I just woke up for a short nap.
Everywhere you can see Korean tourists bringing back mooncakes and cookies.
The plane looked same as the one I took from Seoul to Hong Kong.
I put on my earplugs, preparing to sleep the whole duration of the flight.
I woke up time to time during taxiing to take some pictures. Here is a shot of the runway.
See ya Macau! That bright building is the Venetian.
I dozed off for a good three hours. The plane was getting ready to descend into Seoul/Incheon.
Dark cabin interior. Everyone was passed out.
Sun was steadily rising.
Right after the announcement of approach into Seoul, the flight attendants quickly distributed breakfast meal boxes.
The boxes had water, yogurt, croissant, and Korean style rice cake. That rice cake package... it's so hard to open! Every single time I end up just putting it in my bag.
Inflight scene during the last beverage service.
The dense fog around Incheon Airport gave me false illusion that we were still far away from the ground.
Not too far later, we landed into the dense fog at Seoul/Incheon. Local time about 5:00AM
And thankfully, the plane took us to the main terminal. This saves me time of having to go from the satellite concourse to the main terminal.
