Flying on the LAST Asiana 747!
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
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I CANNOT BELIEVE IT FINALLY WORKED OUT! After MULTIPLE attempts (and failures), I finally was able to get on the last Asiana 747. It is my first, and possibly last, time in Row 1. Famous for being in front of the cockpit even. Let me know your thoughts below!
Airline: Asiana Airlines
Aircraft: B747-48E
Registration: HL7428
Flight Number: OZ361
Seat: 1K
Flight Time: 1h 31m
Flight Date: Oct 4, 2023
Cost: $425
0:00 HMU on IG
0:25 ICN Check In
2:21 Asiana Lounge
5:38 The Airplane
6:12 Boarding
8:00 The Seat
11:08 Amenities
12:07 Booking Nightmares
14:00 ICN Departure
16:39 Menu
17:10 Meal Service
17:48 Seat Modes
19:03 IFE
21:54 Exploring
24:00 PVG Arrival
26:28 Final Thoughts/Retirement
27:36 The Unfortunate Ending
Really happy for you Patrick - the 747 is iconic. My first flight over an ocean was on a KLM 747 in 1976. It hooked me on travel for life.
Yes! Thanks!
Love your content. You seem like a really sweet and polite guy. Long way to go buddy😉❤
Thanks!
The 747 is by far my favorite , back in the day when you flew to Europe you only had 747s , it’s a shame there disappearing, thanks bro for your videos , safe travels and cheers 🍻.
I miss the days of the 747 at SFO. It used to be the United 747 hub
Glad this finally worked out for you!!
Thanks!!
Flew on a 747 upstairs in the hump with Korean Airlines in first class, from Sydney to Seoul, in 2010. The best food and service, ever!
I absolutely love 747s. In the 1990's during the Kai Tak years, I traveled SEA-HKG-SEA on NW, AA, and UA. All were on 747s and on the upper deck. Where international carriers are concerned, it was my fortune to experience AF (SEA-CDG), BA (SEA-LHR), KE (HNL-ICN), KL (SEA-AMS), LH (SEA-FRA), and NW (SEA-NRT) on 747s and on the upper deck.
[As a side note, I am most confident Kai Tak was an airport you would have appreciated.]
The Kai Tak 747 approaches were just the most iconic aviation events in history! I definitely miss them!
(dig the atmospheric beats at the beginning and the end - like neat bookends) seat 1K on a 747 no less despite definitely being outdated but in a good way (i'm paraphrasing lol) the frayed rubber liner on the tray was slightly painful and the PC monitor cracked me up too, the lights look like they're channeling kubrick's space odyssey. i felt for you when you stared at that 1030am cardiac inducing beef pasta but im sure it was all very tasty; the IFE was 100% twilight zone and the cabin design had dominant notes of star trek tng #mostdef 1.5hr tho : (hope you'll get chance on a longer leg in a retro-fitted lufthansa!) oh man that insane snafu at PVG 😭i do admire your resolve and positive attitude - onwards and #upwards always look forward every sunday for your latest #aventure #747hunter
I'm lucky to have flown many 747s - KLM (AMS - BKK - SYD) KLM (SYD - MEL - BKK - AMS), Tower Air (NWK - SFO), ANZ (AKL - LAX), Virgin (LHR - SFO many times), BA (SFO - LHR) - mostly economy and a couple of premium economys. All fab - back in the old days 80s and 90s - no one got air rage, no one got offended and it was generally a good natured and pleasant way to travel. Today the A380 takes the torch from the 747 - a surpremely comfortable, quiet, powerful giant. Not a looker but better passenger UX. Thanks for sharing - sorry you missed the return flight - that must have been really frustrating - especailly when the plane was delayed
I’m jealous!
Glad you finally got on! I’ve flown 747 on Delta - upper, KLM - upper, Korean, and Qantas.
I miss it being more of a mainstream aircraft
Great trip report, thank you for sharing! My longest 747 flight was Qantas Sydney to Los Angeles in 2020 just before they were phased out. My shortest 747 international flight was Lufthansa Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City in 2008. My shortest 747 domestic flight was Qantas SYD-MEL also in 2008.
That’s awesome!
@@PatrickSheaAviationyou got lucky. ASIANA is retiring their last 747 passenger on March 25.
I really love your flight reports. Congratulations on your amazing work 😊
Thanks man!
My mum and I flew on the upper deck of a United 747 international flight. I miss it!
That’s awesome!
You’re now my favorite RUclips blogger!!
Thanks bro 👊
I was on Air Canada's 747 back in 2004 before Air Canada retired the 747. It's a crime that Boeing stopped making the 747.
I will miss it for sure. Sad Boeing stopped making them, but these days, lower capacity, efficient aircraft are more valuable
No it's not a crime. It became obsolete. It had a 50 year run, so did quite well.
I found a Asaina B744 on flightradar24
What an interesting plane! Very impressed by the cabin the staff were well trained and professional.
Your meal looked incredible!
Old games can be fun as can the exercises. No wifi would be irritating.
Glad you were able to cross this off your bucket list!!
Thanks! I love the meals on this region’s carriers (and the old games of course)!
Love you.r dedication!
Thanks!
My experience with the 747 began in 1977 with a 6th grade field trip to SFO to visit a Pan Am 747. I was able to sit in the pilots seat and I couldn't believe the size of the aircraft. I remember the aircraft had a flight engineers station, so it had to be an original -100 variant, or possibly a -200 variant. That was my first time to ever be on any aircraft. I've been completely enamored with the queen ever since that field trip some 46 years ago. When I was about your age in the late 1980s, I had the chance to fly on several of them, always in coach (economy) , twice on military charters which were taking me to and from an overseas deployment to Okinawa, then twice between Tokyo and SFO on Northwest Orient 747 and then once on a United domestic flight between SFO and IAD. I also had opportunity to fly on the Lockheed L-1011 during that period and that was a noisy, squeaky plane that made a ton of odd noises, but still a great airplane also. It truly will be a sad, sad day when the last one retires from passenger service. It's still #1 on my bucket list to fly 747 upper deck and row 1. I'm so happy for you that you got to experience that! ICN is one of my favorite airports, what a cool experience for you.
Those are some great aviation experiences! Thanks!
I flew Pan Am, TWA, Swissair, United, and Lufthansa 747s. All a long time ago, obviously.
B747-400 Is The Wide Body Air Craft I Have Most Fligth Whit.Great Trip Report
Amazing! Thanks!
Hey Patrick, as always I would like to say thank you very much for the great video. Asian i Can Remember before the Pandemic. was a Very Nice Flight in the 747 Here too it means an era is coming to an end for the 747, which I very much regret. I'm looking forward to your further videos, maybe we'll meet by chance one day above the clouds. I wish you a good time and a wonderful time before Christmas. Kind regards Thomas from Frankfurt Main 🙂
Thanks a ton! Safe travels!
Besides of the "funny telly" I fancied the seats quite a lot, they seem very comfy, and the space in that deck, similar to Lufthansa F.C., is even more beautiful ...another great review Patrick...cheers
Thanks! It’s a wonderful space for sure!
lovely ambiance..cheers Patrick@@PatrickSheaAviation
So far I've only flown on Qantas's 747 back in 2007, but I am booked to fly with one of Lufthansa's next year.
Awesome! Safe travels!
Wow cool vlog! There and back in the same day is a glamorous whirlwind. The 747 is such a classic even if a little out of date: 3 windows!!! That cabin is so spacious. You’re privileged. I flew transatlantic on Lufthansa in 1st class on a 747 once. Loved it! 29:58
I do love the nostalgia of the 747. It’s definitely old and outdated but in such a fun way
LAX in the 90s was the best in spotting different 747 liveries: UA, Thai, Malaysian, ANA, and Y’all remember Tower Air?!
I admire your staying power. I've had about 30 flights and I hate travelling on them now lol. Nice problem to have I guess and I'm grateful for the opportunity, but even so, it would be a chore for me to travel on a plane again.
I flew 1A and 1B for my wife between ICN and MNL on Asiana some years ago. Great flight experience.
Awesome!
during the 90's I flew with Philippine Airlines 747-200 with recliner first class seat at front main deck with complementary bunk bed called "skybeds" on the upper deck but I also experienced Saudia's B747-400 Horizon(business) class the most spacious and quiet on upper deck bubble
Ok, Patrick is no doubt living the avgeek dream right now…
Oh absolutely!
how young are you!!! great videos. you have been on so many flights and me an american just sitting in japan for so many years.
Thanks! Traveling is a ton of fun!
My favorite 747 flight would be one where I get to fly with you! 😀
Hey, I'm happy for you as well, Patrick. Glad you got to have more 747 experience. My first international flight was on Aer Lingus (Economy) from BOS via SNN to DUB. One of my favorite aircrafts, but my very first flight ever was the previous flight to the Aer Lingus connection and that was on American Airlines from ORD to BOS on a 767. I fell in love with the 767 for a less crowded feel on board. I think it's the narrowest wide-body passenger aircraft. (Over the years I was able to fly 747s on BA ORD-LHR in Economy; UA SFO-DEN in the Main Cabin; Sabena Belgian Airlines (SN) ORD-BRU in Economy; Northwest Airlines DTW-PEK Business Class westbound/First Class eastbound; KLM ORD-AMS Business Class in the upper deck 3x and once in the nose. The airlines I flew most often didn't have the 747 in their fleet like AA and DL (back then). I hated flying on the DC-10 and the MD-11. I did get to fly on an Airbus A-300 once (MIA-SJO) and an A-310 on ME (MEA) FRA-BEY. By far the bulk of the long haul flights I had been on were on the 767 (AA, DL, SU, SK, LO, MA, CO. Oh, and another excellent video: 9.887
All kinds of good memories!
I first flew the JAL 747 in 1977, it was a great plane, this was special for me since my Dad designed the memory module for the guidance system for the 747.
That’s awesome!
How is it you can afford to fly so much, (this may be personal so can be free not to answer) What planes do you fly?@@PatrickSheaAviation
@PatrickShea Aviation What planes to you pilot?
@PatrickFliesPlanes I was looking at you older videos archive and saw links to learn, How ILS Works. I have always wanted to learn to fly, but never had the opportunity. So now thru your links I can learn the things about flight. That is way cool! Thx.
I love Asiana!
I saw another dude upload an Asiana 747 video just a few days ago. I really thought they've (most Star Alliance carriers in Asia) retired all their 747's back in the 2000s! When I visited Asia and Europe back in 2013, 2016 and 2017 I pretty much drowned in 747-400's with Korean, KLM and Delta, including a 5th Freedom flight MNL-NRT (I was a SkyTeam fanboy back then LOL!). My goals now is to catch a Lufthansa one and of course, this Asiana one.
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747s are iconic. I remember crossing the Pacific many times as a kid on them. I've flown them with Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, JAL (and JAA)... hoping to add Lufthansa and Korean Air to the mix. Maybe someday I'll get to visit Iran and fly the Mahan Air ones too, that would be cool.
Awesome! I’d love to get out to Iran, but at the moment, it’s possibly the toughest visa for me to get
I was once on a 7 4 7 when I was fleeing Botswana. Such a memorable flight! Your video made me remember. Also, are you AI?
Thanks! Dang. Flying the 747 out of Botswana sounds like a crazy experience
btw i remember my first flight a 747 from detroit to nagoya on northwest airlines..........
I understand the desire to fly the 747. It's certainly and experience. But things are moving on. Definitely show their age now. Great run.
Definitely an aging airplane. If it weren’t a 747, I’d be upset to see this cabin. The 747 is just so iconic though
The only perk of living under Lufthansa territory is the abundance of 747s
Fair enough. I did get to try those out from SFO and Vancouver
747s were always my favourite as a kid. In 1993 I flew British airways Toronto to London in the upper deck. Only time I got to do that. Also flew many other airlines 747s throughout the 1980s
29:11, Luckily Terminal 1 has a bridge and it's connected to Terminal 2, so you can walk, I know it's far. Terminal 1 is used for Star alliance like Air China and Asiana airlines. Terminal 2 is used for Sky team alliance, including China Eastern airlines and Oneworld alliance.
I’ve flown on a 747-200 and 747-8i.
While working for Cray Research, I had several 747 flights. These included Minneapolis, Chicago, Toyko, Hong Kong, Taipie, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Zurih, Framlfort, Stirgart, London, and then Minneapolis. This was my only around the world wor trip. I flew Northwest, JAL, Songapore Airelines, and finally Northwst (London to Boston to Minneapolis). These are the 747 flights and not the 737 connedting flights inside of Germany. Over a 10-year period, I flew (on average 4 to 6 times a year) to Europe on 747. I also have several 747 flights to the West Coast from Minneapolis. I think I did near a million milles for all trips (business and work).
My first 747 flight was back in 1979 by PanAm airline ...
Great memories in the 747
The cabin looks like an office of a call center or something!
I can imagine those 2 middle seats being occupied by the call center supervisors.
lol 🤣🤣 spot on bro
I flew with Air France 747 in 2000 ( MNL-Paris ) and with KLM 747 Combi ( Amsterdam - MNL ) in 2005
Awesome! Those combis were sick
I flew on an Asiana 747 in 1995 or 1996 on the upper deck business class (no lie flat seats back then) when I was 5 or 6 years old roundtrip from Seoul Gimpo (no Incheon airport yet, it was still being built, Incheon airport opened in 2001 2 days before I turned 11) to LAX. You probably weren't born yet. I also flew Korean air 747-8 on my way back from LAX this past January sadly no award space was available in business class.
Awesome man!
@@PatrickSheaAviation That was my first experience with a 747. 747's took me back and forth between Korea and Los Angeles all the time during my childhood and college days before the A380's for Korean and Asiana came around.
Too late now but I’d have booked the cheapest ticket I could find on a throwaway flight departing from the same terminal as Asiana and use that to clear security then get your boarding pass at the Asiana gate.
Dang man… that would have been the move. Stressin has me thinking all wrong I guess
Flew across the Pacific Ocean on B747-400s Cathay Pacific and Philippine Airlines. In my brothers going to PVD/BOS Brown University and Father they went KE & NW pre merger with DL JFK-MNL on SkyTeam Alliance flights in January 2009. They disliked the NW B747-451 economy class due missing PTV screens as seen on the KE Version. 15-20 years ago both Asiana and Korean Air sent B747-400s to SFO & JFK in the morning from ICN. My favorite operator of B747-400 is Cathay Pacific due to it having the better seat/service which had a BE Aerospace MiniPod seat in Business class than PR B747-400 that used to fly from Manila to San Francisco/LAX old configuration with Recliner seats drop down screens. Regarding South Koreans KE/OZ Jumbo jet operations to USA from ICN B747-8 is used to ATL/JFK formerly SFO. If I had the chance Patrick from JFK to MNL I'll take the Korean Air Jumbo jet and PW4090/GE90 B777 over a PR B777-300/er A350-900. IFE Wise Asiana just like Korean Air carries Kdrama K-pop on the system.
That sucks, that you missed the return flight on the 747. Any chance you will be reimbursed? By the airline or travel insurance? If it's not a secret, how much did you have to shell out for the last-minute business class ticket on China Eastern?
It was a couple hundred bucks for that last minute ticket since it was a short enough flight with only one other business class passenger booked. I doubt I’ll get any sort of refund for this, mostly because even though it was an unfortunate situation caused by immigration, I still was the one who booked it that way and got into the situation
@@PatrickSheaAviation any plans to fly on a KAL 747? I know they are flying it to Atlanta, JFK, and Sydney this fall. They are replacing them on multiple routes, though, but I still don't think that fleet-wide retirement is imminent.
For the QnA: What are your thoughts on Premium Economy on Cathay Pacific? It is considered one of the best.
Have been a viewer since 10K when I watched the Air India SFO-BLR video. I have family in Bengaluru so I really love this flight. According to Google Flights, business class is an individual suite on a 777 but I'm not sure about that.
That is true actually. Since my flight they have started using 777s that used to fly for Delta and still have their Delta One business class which has the suites.
As for Cathay… I haven’t been able to try them out yet unfortunately but it is on the list
When i was at Incheon International Airport.? I used the free showers in the Airport but they are not hot showers so its a nice wake up call to the body .. as this wasnt part of the Lounge acess .. also i prefer Asiana over Korean Air..Also the exhange fees are very expensvie at this airport too... because i was going to buy the samsung galaxy s22 ultra at the time but they will only accept won or dollors but at the time i wanted to exchange pounds into won or dollors..
Interesting. Nothing like a cold shower to really wake you up though
If this not your FT job,how do you plan your trips around your work
Carefully lol. It takes some coordination but I need the 2 jobs to afford it all
@@PatrickSheaAviation Be great if you talk about it in your upcoming video . I think lends more background that doing these videos even though we love aviation do take a toll on work,health,etc. keep up the great videos
Off topic, didn’t Korean Air acquire Asiana Airlines at some point? 🤔
I believe so. I wonder when integration will begin 🤷♂️
Completely out of curiosity, I started travel internationally since age 9 and still feel like I can’t afford traveling in premium cabin 70% of the time (I’m 24 now). How come you suddenly started going abroad after college and flew to so many countries in business or first class? 😂
It was always my dream (hence why I became a pilot!) and so as soon as I had the means to do it, I made it happen
The cost over $400. The 747 besides the A380-800 airplane airliners & A340 all four engines amazing.
why not try 747 with korean air too?
I’d love to. Can’t afford it in a premium cabin at the moment. This one cost me like $3-400 whereas that one on the longer flights is like 10x that unfortunately. Hopefully one day
12:55 that’s easy though
lol true
28:42, Really? The Asiana airlines check in counter close 1 hour, before departure. If your transiting in China, go to immigration arrivals, even though your transiting, go to departure, go through immigration and security and then your in the airside.
Typically yes, but they were only allowing air New Zealand passengers through the transit area in Shanghai
Really? That's weird. I think they didn't know or the Chinese airport staff didn't know that your flying to Shanghai for transit and then take the same plane back to Seoul. Korean and Chinese passengers go to Shanghai for tourist vacation and your the only exception.
Flip boards = Solari boards
Its really an old plane
In the best way possible!
Show us the toes 😅
Ayo 🤨
@@PatrickSheaAviation Inside thoughts escaping 🙈
Not only you, but, what is the fetish of logo embossed silverware?
Idk man, I just like the personalized touch
@PatrickSheaAviation It just occurred to me. As in hotels, logo embossed bathing accessories prevent misappropriation.
I’m old so have logged more 747 flights than I can remember. Continental, KLM, United, even Tower Air, a short-lived JFK-based discount carrier that operated only 747s. Fortunately, I was seated on the upper deck for the majority of my flights. The 100/200s had the difficult-to-climb spiral staircase and an extremely intimate upper cabin. Even with just a handful of rows, they still were outfitted with two lavs upstairs. My most memorable flight was probably AMS-JNB on KLM -400 in the early 2000s. They still had recliner sleeper seats without any shell or foot cubbies, meaning the pitch was 60” or more. Enough that the seat stretched four or five windows when fully reclined. As we finished up lunch, the Sahara loomed below with just red sand as far as you could see. It was fascinating but kind of boring after a few minutes so I closed the shades and watched a feature film. Two hours later, opened the shades and still nothing but red sand horizon to horizon. Really brought home the scale of Africa. A final memorable 747 encounter wasn’t an actual flight but getting to walk around one of the NASA Shuttle Carrier 747s with Enterprise on top during a public event at the Johnson Space Center near Houston.
That’s all awesome! Great memories