Korean Air has placed an order for additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with extra joining the agreement via Air Lease Corporation.
Breaking down the order, the deal comprises of 20 Boeing 787-10s and 10 787-9s which is valued at $6.3 billion at list prices.
Walter Cho, Chairman of Korean Air, noted during the order ceremony that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner would become the backbone of their fleet for many years to come, adding the following:
“In addition to 25 percent improved efficiency, the stretched 787-10 offers around 15 percent more space for passengers and cargo than our 787-9s”
This order quadruples Korean Air’s 787 fleet to 40 aircraft as it looks to strengthen its long-haul fleet.
Rumored to take place at the Paris Airshow after sources indicated an order was imminent, Korean Air was evaluating the Boeing 787, 777X and Airbus A350.
Being a loyal Boeing customer, flying the 787, 777, 747 and 737, the airline likely received a good discount.
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Oh, well, I guess the far more spacious & comfier 18.1” wide economy seats found on Korean Airlines’ Boeing 777s, Airbus A380s & A330s are destined to soon be a thing of the past as Korean Airlines adopts the “let’s screw our passengers as much as possible in pursuit of relentless greed” (im)morality of other airlines that expect passengers to squeeze into ridiculous & hideously narrow 17.2” wide garbage seats that its CEO will never, ever fly himself for 2-3 hours, much less the 10-16 hours slots that these planes will be flown as it shifts more and more flights to those universally hated, loathed & reviled by economy class passengers, 9-abreast Boeing 787 ‘Nightmareliners’ with its horribly narrow, garbage seats that will replace its far more popular 9-abreast Boeing 777s; Airbus’s beloved A380 “Whale”; & A330s (which is always my preferred, “go to” plane, with its passenger pleasing, 8-abreast, 2-4-2 cabins).
At least (this far, that is), the sadism now being implemented by Korean Airlines as it adds even more of these horribly uncomfortable and totally ill-suited for 10-16 hours flights aircraft, appears to be limited to the widths of the chicken coop sized-seats as thus far the airline has retained the 33”-34” row pitch that anyone with even a smidgen of decency and morality understands is the absolute bare minimum pitch required for ultra long haul flights that very often are overnight red eyes where most will need to sleep.
Oh, well, as the hit song by “Queen” goes, “another one bites the (787 Nightmareliner) dust.” 😢
For sure, I won’t be booking 12 (or more) family members on Korean Airlines again in the future if their flights will be aboard any 787s other than Japan Airlines’ 8-abreast, 2-4-2 models since I strive to book loved ones ONLY on the planes I/we fly – and we/I NEVER fly Boeing’s loathsome, densified 777 & 787 beasts unless guaranteed/ confirmed in advance to be in a premium cabin since these planes truly are unsuitable for any flights longer than 3-hours, let alone the 14-16 hours between the USA and Seoul.