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Review: Jin Air Boeing 737-800 – Seoul Gimpo to Jeju

This is review details my experience on a Jin Air Boeing 737-800 in June 2024. You can read my much more detailed full trip report of this flight by clicking here.

Registration

HL8014

Aircraft

Boeing 737-800

Age

8.66 years

Configuration

Y189

Previous Operators

None

STA

07:15

ATA

07:15

Block Time

01:06

Flight Time

00:50

Total Delay

0 minutes (exactly on time!)

Airline Type

Low Cost

Flight Type

Short Haul / Domestic

Flight Score

81.5%

About the Airline

Operation Commencement

2008

Fleet Size

29

Fleet Age

13.7 years

Number of Destinations

42

Number of Countries Served

13

Alliance

-

Owners

Korean Air

Expectations

Skytrax Star Rating

Skytrax Customer Review Rating

Trip Advisor Score

TrustPilot Score

3* LCC

7/ 10

3.5 / 5

N/A

No of Previous Flights with Jin Air

Last Flight Date

Previous Flights with Jin Air

2

September 2015

CJU-GMP, Boeing 777-200ER

CJU-PUS, Boeing 737-800

Expectation

Average

Expectation Reasoning

Having previously sampled Jin Air on a couple of domestic hops, flying on both their Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 777-200ER, I had been left with no reason not to fly with them again. During these trips, the airline failed to provide anything that was notably terrible or fantastic, and Jin Air offered a very much ‘middle-of-the-road’ domestic flight experience! Nevertheless, with plenty of time having passed since my last Jin Air adventure, I was looking forward to seeing how the airline had changed in the space of almost nine years.

Pre-Flight Experience Once upon a distant time, booking a Korean domestic flight with an…

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