The INSANE QUALITY of Asian short-haul flights! Asiana A321 Economy Tokyo to Seoul | BRUTALLY HONEST
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2024
- Short-haul flights don't need to be comfortable, they need to be efficient and on-time. However, every once in a while an airline shows that doesn't have to be the case, they can be both!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Asiana Airlines
Aircraft: HL8038
Flight Time: 2h 15min
Seat: 28K
From: Tokyo Narita
To: Seoul Incheon
Date: December 2022
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Cameras used: Canon R6 (Canon 15-35mm F2.6 and Canon 24-105mm F4), DJI Osmo Pocket
Additional equipment used: Rode VideoMic Pro+, Blue Yeti Podcast Microphone, Rode smartLav+, Rode Wireless Go 2, Joby Bendipod, GoPro Suction Cup, Aputure AL-MC LED Light, Joby GorillaPod 1K
PRICE BREAKDOWN
Total Price: EUR 574.00
Total Routing: NRT-ICN-FRA
Booked through: Kiwi.com
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket including one checked bag and free seat reservations at booking
Booking made: October 2022
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Intro
01:21 - Getting to the airport
03:38 - Narita Airport
03:59 - Asiana Airbus A321ceo
04:28 - Boarding
05:04 - Cabin and Seat
06:55 - Inflight Entertainment
07:18 - Taxi and Take Off
09:46 - Dinner Service
10:42 - Conclusion
11:41 - Landing
12:14 - Outro
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This video does not contain product placements. The airline was neither involved nor informed about the production of this Tripreport. The ticket fare was paid by ourselves.
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Hi David, I've been subscribed to this channel for several years now and I just wanted to say I really appreciate the effort you put into pronouncing things correctly and highlighting cultural aspects. Noticing you greeting the cabin crew in Korean, or making sure to pronounce the Chinese names of the airports properly really adds to the experience of watching these videos in my opinion. I study Chinese and Korean at university and I'm by no means fluent, but I can tell you really try hard to be respectful and it doesn't go unnoticed!
hes a very respectful man
he's really a master in foreign vernaculars! i want to hear him say more foreign words in his videos❤
Ayy! Finally, a Brutally Honest video about my favorite airline. As a Korean I've flown Asiana multiple times, but only on their long haul A350 and A380 aircrafts before, never the A321. Thanks for reviewing my favorite airline!
We also have our former international change to far away from the city! It's called Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport use to be our international airport until 1998 when the airport had not enough to handle future demand. Now the former international airport only serve for smaller aircraft. ❤
Hi, David.
It seems you have enjoyed staying in Japan.
Thank you for coming.
Great flight, for 2:50 In Jakarta, there are Soekarno Hatta International airport and Halim Perdanakusuma. And yeah the main one always located outside of the city, even it's located on neighborhood city.
yep
David, a joy to wach your progression as fluent multi lingual story teller, aviation enthusiast, Vlogger and very perceptive narrator. Thanks mate well done !
Thank you for posting high quality videos on airlines! i just took a 10-hour Qantas flight to Australia and after seeing your review on Qantas i had very high expectations and it was overall good! ( keep up the good work!)
As usual I really love the quality of these videos and all the interesting tidbits he shares about the Airlines and the airports and the cultures. MUCH more interesting than other Aviation RUclipsrs, whose videos are not as informative and are more about them complaining, obsessing over personal anecdotes, or just the trouble they keep getting themselves into. Well done!
That landing was ridiculously smooth.
Thank you for showing us some beautiful sceneries of Japan. Many of us are not opportuned to travel out to foreign countries as much as we would love to, so this is a well appreciated addition to your great avaition channel. Pls keep it up if you can 😊.
I flew NRT to ICN on Asiana back in October 2012 on the 747-400 HL7428 and it was insane how great that flight was for being so short.
expanding your list:
- Jakarta: Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) and Halim (HLP)
- Kuala Lumpur: Sepang (KUL), and Subang (SZB)
- Singapore: Changi (SIN) and Seletar (XSP)
Great Trip Report, David
Subang Airport was Kuala Lumpur’s primary airport until KLIA opened, so that’s something. I find Asiana to be one of the better value Asian airlines. I first flew with them last year and they charged half of what Singapore Airlines was charging for Singapore-Seoul flights. The experience was solid, nice enough crew, decent hot meals, just that their A330 economy IFE was very unresponsive to touch and ran very hot. The return journey on the A350 was more pleasant.
I’m flying them again to Tokyo in 2 weeks time, first leg will be in the A350 again, so the upcoming video is really gonna pump me up for the trip. Even more exciting, my onward flight from Incheon to Tokyo will be on the A380! I have a goal of flying as many A380s as I can and this journey will kick start that endeavour. I hope to score a seat on the upper deck at check-in too. You were so lucky to get to fly their 747, I hope to do so before it retires 😊
Even plenty of US cities have multiple airports with a domestic and international split. New York does the whole Laguardia / JFK thing, DC has Dulles and Reagan, Chicago O'Hare vs Midway, Dallas DFW vs Love Field, etc.
In Europe you have
Stockholm Arlanda International Airport (International Long Haul and European Services) and Stockholm Bromma Airport (Domestic and a few International European services)
Milan Malpensa International Airport (International Long Haul and European services) and Milan Linate International Airport (International European and Domestic Services)
Reykjavik Keflavik International Airport (International Long Haul and European services) and Reykjavik Airport (Regional Services)
London has this too but with multiple airports there it is London Heathrow and Gatwick (International Long Haul and European Services) London Stansted Luton and London City Airport (Regional and Limited International Services)
And then in Asia you also have
Beijing Captial and Beijing Daxing (Both being major international airports serving all kinds of traffic similar to the Tokyo Airports)
3:27 Strictly speaking… the Narita Express limited express service from Tokyo Station to Narita Airport isn’t “high-speed rail”, topping out at 130 kph/80 mph. The canceled （back in the 80s) Narita Shinkansen as planned wouldn’t have shortened travel times by much, though, at 35 minutes. This can be attributed to noise-limiting speed restrictions around Tokyo Station.
I am glad that you mention Hongqiao and Pudong! These are my home airports. It has been a while but hopefully you can visit Shanghai later some day
In Brazil there is the same 2-airport division in São Paulo (Congonhas / Guarulhos) and Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont / Galeão). It's the same game: mostly domestic flights in Congonhas and Santos Dumont, while Guarulhos and Galeão deal with international ones. In my state of Minas Gerais, the capital Belo Horizonte also has two airports: Pampulha and Confins, even though Pampulha doesn't receive commercial flights anymore, by a political decision.
Welcome again to South Korea! Busan, the second biggest city in korea, also new airport(Gadeokdo Airport) is under construction to replace the current small-military sharing Gimhae airport.
Top-notch, brutally-honest stuff. You set a very high standard, David.
In Jakarta, Indonesia as well, we have Soekarno-Hatta Airport serves as the main international airport, and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport which only hosts 2 carriers serving several domestic routes
Last year Halim was closed for under construction for a runway... But don't forget actually Halim Perdana Kusumah is a military base for Indonesian Air Force... Sometimes a runway used for jet aeroplane...
Excellent video as always David! I believe Bangkok also has that set up with Don Muang & Suvbrahami. (Def didn’t spell that right)
It’s probably worth pointing out that you see that dynamic with the smaller/older/closer to city center airport being used mainly for domestic or regional flights while the bigger/newer/further away airport is used mainly for international flights isn’t unique to East Asian cities- You also see it in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, etc
that landing was so smooth
Great video!, Asiana Airlines operates four flights a day between Narita and Incheon, and in addition to the A321, the A380, A330, A350, and B777 are all used. It is probably the most diverse type of aircraft operating on the same route on the same day.
2:52 I have been to Seoul's Gimpo and Incheon airport when I was a baby and kid and Bangkok's Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi last May and 4 airports, 2 in Seoul and Bangkok are nice and cool.
Beautiful takeoff! Fantastic city few!
To add to your list: Nagoya, Japan has two airport Komaki(NKM) and Chubu centrair int’l(NGO), as well as Chengdu, China which is with Shuangliu(CTU) and Tianfu(TFU)
Thanks for sharing, it is very useful info.
I was just watching your old videos a few min back, thinking about why there were no uploads these past few weeks!
Great video!
Imagine getting a like from Simply Aviation!
Same
Asian companies are the best! I report Bangkok Air on my RUclips channel. A future trip report will be certainly on this! Great video
Kuala Lumpur might count as well, since Subang still gets some regional services with Firefly
Asian airlines are some of the best. Great review.
Flawless video
I actually flew on this EXACT route and plane model 4 years ago on the same day this video was published what a coincedence!!
Hi David , great video as usual. You have a good point about smaller original airports being eclipsed by larger facility, but may I put Montreal P.-.E Trudeau (Dorval) and Mirabel as an interesting counter-point, in that the larger airport no longer exists, but the original airport is now the main gateway. If you ever do an airports series, this would make for a great video.
There will also be YHU (Saint-Hubert) re-entering the scene soon enough, too, which is technically the oldest airport in the Montréal area. Porter is building a new terminal that is expected to open sometime in 2025. 😄
Some of their economy seats were still not allowed to use so long after the midair door incident...
We also have Sydney Kingsford International airport (which is Sydney's current airport) and Western Sydney International Airport (which is currently under construction) and estimated to start operating flights in late 2026.
Jakarta has 2 airports too. HLP for domestic and private flights, and CGK the bigger one for International and domestic flights as well.
I had the pleasure of flying Asiana earlier this year from Osaka Kansai to Paris CDG via ICN. The KIX-ICN leg was operated on a 777 on the way there, and on an A321 on the way back. I'm looking forward to your review on the A350, as it is the same aircraft type operated on the ICN-CDG leg.
I would say the scenario before 2020 in Beijing also epitomizes the '2-airport configuration'. Before the launch of Daxing Airport, Beijing Capital Airport (the new, big, remote one) and Nanyuan airport (pretty small, really close to city center, with limited airflights compared to that of Capital Airport)served as the only two airports in Beijing. After the abolish of Nanyuan Airport and the simultaneous open of Daxing Airport, this difference no longer exists. Unlike Shanghai Hongqiao, Taipei Songshan, and Seoul Gimpo, Nanyuan never had international airlines after the use of Beijing Capital airport (but I guess Nanyuan did operate international routes in abt 80 years before...)
Other examples of small domestic and big international airports in a city includes:
- Stockholm: Arlanda for major airlines, Bromma for short-haul domestic travel in Sweden.
- Reykjavik: Keflavik for major airlines, Reykjavik Airport for domestic travel in Iceland.
- Chicago: O’Hare for major airlines, Midwest for regional travel.
NY JFK and NY LaGuardia
London Heathrow/Gatwick and London Luton/Stansted/City
Beijing Capital and Beijing Daxing
Dallas DFW and Dallas Love Field
Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate
YES THE MAN HAS RETURNED😊
I saw the same Flying Honu A380 when I was taxiing at Narita in July on my flight on Jetstar to Cairns. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that when you take photos close up against a window covered in condensation, the the photos turn out like crap. Oh well, at least David got good shots!
KL and SG are two more cities for your list of cities with a big long-haul and a smaller short-haul airport! Both have international flights (including to each other) at their smaller airports, but intercontinental flights exclusively leave from their larger counterparts outside of the city.
The same airport set up is LGA and JFK, DCA and IAD, OAK and SFO
Their seat really reminds me of SQ on their 330 era
For cities that has 2 airports , technically Jakarta has CGK and HLP
Singapore has SIN Dan XSP
Kuala Lumpur has KUL and SZB
Always love your trip report
example famous double airport in Indonesia are Jakarta with Soetta Airport and Halim Airport, and Yogyakarta with "YIA" ( Yogyakarta Internasional Airport ) and Adisucipto Airport.
Your videos are very good ❤
Yay another brutally honest episode
600th like..not the first..not the last..but thanks again for the great review! hopefully next year i'll be going to asia and this might just be one of the airlines that i fly with. cheers and see you in the next vid!
I flew asiana upper deck economy class once on A380 I had the whole row of middle seats to myself it was awesome
Maybe Simply Aviation should try Economy Class on the a380
On Asiana Airlines
Lovely review of Asiana! Will you be doing a Q&A soon and when will your website be launched?
THE MAN HIMSELF HAS RETURNED
In São Paulo we have Congonhas for domestic and Guarulhos for international flights.
Ho chi minh City will have two airports as well: Tan Son Nhat and the new Long Thanh :)
Yes, also KLIA and Subang :)
as a native mandarin speaker, David your pronunciation of "Hongqiao" is the best I've heard on the entire platform
After at least a month finally another wonderful episode of Simply Aviation! I thought that asiana Airbus a321 was not gonna have IFE(in flight entertainment)😅 but I like it great job recording David!!! Can't wait to see you on the 747 and a380!! God bless!
Why wouldn't it have IFE on the A321? It's not a European airline!
Really nice!
nice trip
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I think Bangkok is slightly different method used, low cost use don mung and full service use the new one (but funnily enough some low cost use the new one), rather than purely short and long haul ones.
Great video! where you guys been for the past month!
Traveling for new videos! :) You can always follow us along live on Instagram and Twitter!
I’ve heard great things about Asiana Airlines. It seems true.
I usually take the skyliner to Narita. Seems like it’s a bit faster
Singapore(Changi, Seletar)
And soon to be Manila(NAIA, Bulacan)(i hope.....)
Jakarta 1.Soekarno-Hatta International Airport ( west side )
2.Halim Perdanakusuma Airport ( east side )
Kuala Lumpur 1.KLIA
2.Subang Airport
2:51 Indonesia: Soekarno-Hatta airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport
Kuala Lumpur is another example I can think of
2:50 The new Mumbai airport is going to continue this pattern
Chengdu:Tianfu(TFU)&Shuangliu(CTU) Beijing: Capital(PEK) and Daxing (PKX)
I heard Asiana has stopped selling seats near emergency exites on 321s, is that true?
LaGuardia and JFK, New York, LAX and John Wayne international
China airlines and Asiana are so underrated
Dear David, could you please make short video about how I can subcribe and support your Simply Aviation channel? Cause I still did not figure it out! 🤷🏼♂️😂 I would love to be one of your supporters as the Brutally Honest reviews are my favorite ones🎉
nice
Did you guys get the opportunity to review flights of Ryanair lately?
Kuala Lumpur - Sepang, Subang
Jakarta - HLP, CGK
Beijing - daxing, capital (but daxing was built purely for capacity)
Chengdu - tianfu, shuangliu
There are others in other areas of Asia in sure
Also Singapore with Changi and Seletar
Bandung - BDO, KJT
Bangkoks airports are pretty much identical distance away - if anything DM is now better connected
Excllent video in the future Manila Philippines with the old NAIA and the New Manila Airport. Singapore is also the same setup as Tokyo with the 1928 built Seltar Airport used for flights to Kuala Lumpur Subang airport while Changi Airport opened in 1981 handles the flights to Kuala Lumpur Sepang Airport opened 1998 and both NRT/HND🇯🇵 and EWR/JFK. The United States versions are BOS and PVD Boston-Providence Metro region followed by BWI IAD and DCA for Washington DC Chicago O'Hare and Midway lastly New York City EWR/JFK LGA. Another route of your OZ A321-231WL is ICN to the Philippines which are TAG CEB CRK MNL. In the case of South Korea to Philippines Market both KE and OZ A321s are USB AC Charge unlike the Filipino competitors PR Fiesta Class and 5J which are USB only. If you press the Korean option on the IFE it brings you to Kdrama music, which has K-pop from BTS Le Sserafim New Jeans Big Hit Entertainment and JYP entertainment Itzy Nmixx SM Entertainment Aespa NCT
love from india
In my opinion, one of the best airlines in the world is the Nepal's Buddha Air. It's one of the underatted airlines of the world. The staff is very friendly towards the passengers. The flights are always on time. Though sometimes get delayed due to Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Airport Traffic. Buddha Air is a small airline but if it got support then it would be best. You are supposed to carry 20 kg luggage and 7 kg handbag. Also, airline is generous towards the students.
Load 😂
It's normal service in East asia
Also Buddha air is EU banned airline
Come to Pakistan and Review Air Sial and Serene Air International routes please
UGANDA AIRLINESS
lol
I like your pronunciation tbh
Manila will soon have this two airport system, one being the current Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the under construction New Manila International Airport to the north, connected via a high-speed rail
SA: New airports being built and the Old Airport is being demoted to regional services and selected international routes.
Beijing (Capital): Really? Did not get the memo though.....
tfw 1-2 flights in the rest of the world have better seats and service than 5 hour flights on European airlines.
I’m going to miss Asiana Airlines if or when it merges with Korean Air. Korean aviation is going to be so boring compared to right now.
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Had the privilege to fly on their A380 in October 2023. Asiana is an absolutely incredible airline, better than the gulf carriers in terms of character and personality. Hard product is unmatched, the crew is always going the extra mile, their hub is amazing and they are in their right alliance. Love Asiana ❤️
My dream country South korea 😢
I am 44Th!!
Personally I’m glad that Asians operate the last 747 in shot haul flight in east Asia which allow me to experience it as her retirement is coming.
hi
Compared to the other airport pairs you mentioned in other cities, Narita airport is much worse than Haneda airport and even smaller. In my opinion, building Narita airport was a big irresponsible mistake of Japanese government and I personally avoid flying from/to this airport.
Disagree. I've flown in and out of Narita many times. Fabulous airport!
I flew Asiana in March 2023 Kansai-Osaka and there was no food, they gave us snacks and drinks
How dare you to not fly Asiana A380 OZ101 flight!
Maybe that's coming soon... :)
The entertainment system is not eX2, it's the older eFX system.
I don't seem to see the difference between th eX2 and the eFX, they use identical monitor screens. Kinda like the eX3 and the eXlite.
@@l4zr_boy eX2 isn't certified for narrowbody aircraft, but they are the same underlying system. the eX1, eX3 and eXLite all share a common platform.
@@lnnthl I wonder why Panasonic is still marketing the eX2 to this day despite being an outdated system. But still, good to know.
Europeans: you guys get IFE on narrowbodies?
@@yoironfistbro8128 To be honest I would prefer a BYOD Entertainment system via Wifi rather than having to rely on a outdated IFE system.
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