- World's busiest route to Jeju.
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For 155 scheduled flights every day.
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Yeah, see, there so many flight arriving,
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24 million a year,
45,000 passenger a day.
So much crowd since COVID, right?
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Morning on the train in South Korea
on the way to Gimpo airport today
fly on the world's busiest route to Jeju.
Here's my friend, Kevin.
- [Kevin] Hi.
- It's been a while,
three years since my last time in South Korea.
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There's so many airline Korea.
I haven't even heard of some of these.
It's unbelievable.
I just checking a JIN AIR.
She's wearing jeans.
You like the uniform?
- [Airline Employee] Yes, I like jeans.
- Seriously, this is a 22nd century airport.
So efficient.
I went through security in a couple minutes.
Digital display,
just high tech by Korea.
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- So Kevin,
what is JIN AIR Korean words means in English?
- [Kevin] It means truth in Korean.
- Oh, the truth.
- [Kevin] Yes it is.
- So this is the airline of the truth, right?
- [Kevin] Yes.
- I actually knew the Chinese word jinzi means gold
Kim Air.
It should be Kim Air,
kimchi Kim Air.
So I counted yesterday.
There were 155 scheduled flight every day
flying between Seoul and Jeju
and makes it the world's busiest for A companies.
- [Kevin] Yes, that's right.
- What are the A companies?
- [Kevin] It's Korean Air,
JIN AIR as you can see,
T'Way, Asiana, Jeju Air, Air Busan, and Air Seoul.
- This is my first Korean domestic flight.
Here I come JIN AIR.
Hi, How are you?
(airline employee greetings)
- Oh, you're wearing jeans.
Jean air.
(airline employee agreeing)
Really, jeans,
jeans as well?
Wow.
Very nice.
Nice to meet you.
- [Airline Employee] Do you love it?
- Yeah, I'm too fat.
I cannot fit this.
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I'm wearing like shorts, you know?
(laughter)
Yeah. Hm. Thank you.
- Thank you.
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- So I just came on board.
I see the first five rows.
When I made a booking,
it was the extra large seat leg room.
Like economy plus,
and then I'm on a centre economy,
but I'm pretty happy,
the leg room.
Obviously this aeroplane came from Korean air, right?
Has the blue colour seats.
I just sit here.
Look at the beautiful fly attendant here.
Look at how nicely a low-cost airline,
they've done up their hair.
So, it's so beautiful.
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- (indistinct) this engine colour
it's like a lemon, gold.
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- It's been a long time.
So glad I'm back in Asia, flying.
Why (indistinct)?
50 minutes to Jeju.
We're on the runway.
Let's go.
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So, uh, there's no inflight service right now.
I think there's still lots of strong COVID regulations.
So, water is on demand.
I ask for water.
That's the only drink provided on this flight.
- [Flight Attendant] Would you like to purchase any item?
- That's a JIN AIR,
JIN AIR bear.
- [Kevin] That's cute.
- Yeah, but I'm a real bear.
I'm the real (indistinct) here.
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JIN AIR uniform trial.
- Oh, trial.
- Cha Cha, look at the jeans.
How comfortable it is to work?
- Uh, yeah.
It is more convenient for (indistinct) to service.
So because it is (indistinct).
- Oh, stretchable.
- Yeah. Stretch.
- Yeah.
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We just landed in Korea's Hawaii
after 50 minute non eventful flight.
There's so many airlines on the ram.
Now we're going to go out,
do some sightseeing
and some plane spotting.
Thank you.
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- Goodbye. (indistinct)
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- You can see there's so many flight arriving.
This is truly the world's busiest route.
There's just people come and go like a shuttle bus.
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- A beautiful observation deck.
There is a glass in front,
but I think you can put your lens through it.
Um, you can get a beautiful sea view.
I think morning light is better here.
And what's extreme about here
is the observation deck's completely fenced.
And even at the top,
preventing people like me to climb
up there to get in the airport, I guess.
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- So right after spotting,
we came to a restaurant here,
also has a great view aeroplane landing.
And my friend ordered some famous pork from Jeju.
The mushroom's huge.
- [Kevin] Yeah.
- The biggest mushroom I ever seen.
(laughter)
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- This is like a Jeju potbelly.
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- So we spent about an hour (indistinct) spotting here
like on top of the runway platform here.
Uh, but the traffic's the same.
Every, uh, you see all the airline within an hour.
So they coming and going,
coming and going.
Certainly very busy
Very big Korean coffee culture here.
Ice Americano and beautiful big chiffon cream cake.
And there's a sea view of Jeju to enjoy.
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- I'm back at one of the busiest airport in Korea,
Jeju,
24 million a year,
45,000 passenger a day makes this the world's busiest route
between Seoul and Jeju right?
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- After a couple hours we're back at, uh,
Jeju airport in the Korean Air lounge.
So the flight back is a Korean Air,
the smallest aeroplane of fleets,
the A220.
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- You would think I'm in a train station.
This is inside a terminal.
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- It's actually been a while
for me to see so much crowd since COVID, right?
The travel's coming back in Asia as well.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Here you go.
- You are.
- Thank you.
Hi, how are you?
It's, uh, all economy on this flight.
Hi. How are you?
- (indistinct)
- 48F
- Yeah, the window seat.
- Yeah.
How come you're in white?
'Cause the other flight attendants blue uniform.
- We can choose our colour.
- You choose.
- Yes.
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- Oh, so you feel like white today?
- Yes.
- I love that Korean blue.
But you still have the chopstick,
uh the, the chopstick in hair.
Uh, the seats are new,
but it's a little harder.
The leg room's okay.
All mono-economy class.
Um, I think this is my second or third time flying
the A220,
the other time being on Swiss of course.
How do you like it?
I give you my window seat.
- [Kevin] Oh it's actually really good because
for me I'm small size
and there's enough leg room for me.
- Ah, the secret on this aeroplane, the A220,
- [Kevin} Yep.
- from what they told me is the middle seats are bigger.
- [Kevin} Middle seats are Bigger.
- The middle seats to compensate people in the middle.
- [Kevin} Yes, that's true.
- They have a bigger width.
It's so much wider.
That's actually the factory spec.
When they made the A220 or C series
they said they're going to make the middle seats more
comfortable for people who get stuck.
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- So the plane came in a little late.
They arrived around 6:35 and now 7:15
we're all seated.
That's Korean efficiency.
- We have something called ppalli ppalli in Korea
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like really fast, faster, faster,
but with safety as well.
So, even the flight was delayed,
we came, we came in early and everything's on time.
Just five minutes delayed.
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- In case of an emergency, your life vest is located
in a pouch under your seat or armrest
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