Korean Air Abandons Boeing 777 Economy Retrofit After Pushback

Korean air economy class

Korean Air has abandoned plans to add a tenth seat into the rows of its Boeing 777-300ER's economy cabin.

Credit: Korean Air
Korean Air is revising its Boeing 777-300ER interior retrofit program that aimed to densify the economy cabin following strong public criticism as well as scrutiny from South Korea’s competition watchdog. The KRW300 billion ($217 million) program was to reconfigure 11 777-300ERs with 328 seats: 40...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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