Korean Air will operate its A380 superjumbo to the German financial hub from December 1.
Business Traveller was alerted to the news by industry website airlineroute.net, and having checked the carrier’s online booking engine at koreanair.com, we can confirm that A380 flights between Seoul and Frankfurt are now available for purchase from the start of December.
Flight KE905 departs Seoul Incheon at 1300, arriving into Frankfurt at 1650, with the return leg KE906 leaving Germany at 1855, landing back in South Korea at 1310 the following day.
Korean Air launched its A380 aircraft on routes to Tokyo and Hong Kong, with New York recently being added to the list (see online news August 8). The carrier will operate superjumbo services to Paris from September 26, followed by Los Angeles in October, and now Frankfurt in December.
German flag carrier Lufthansa is currently the only airline to operate the A380 out of Frankfurt airport – Emirates will launch superjumbo flights to Munich from January 2012 (see online news May 23).
For more information visit koreanair.com.
Report by Mark Caswell
