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mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I read in the IHT that there would soon be 3 weekly direct Toronto-Seoul flights. 14 hours Toronto to Seoul and about 12 hours Seoul to Toronto, I think was the figure. I know someone here last month or so was claiming he flew a Toronto-Seoul polar route but I could find no listing on expedia.ca for any direct flights.

Anyway, good stuff for east coasters.

Hyalucent · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: British North America

That sounds like a much better trip. Vancouver Airport still makes me grumble.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

every Thursday and Sunday, they've been going since October.

There was a third one on Tuesdays, but the last one was this week.

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

*Raises his hand*

We came over in August Toronto ---Incheon Polar Route (Korea Air)

And it was probably me claiming that too Smile

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

i'm only flying singapore air from now on end; it's the best!

i like to fly through california, it's nice to have a layover in san fran or l.a and cheaper. i got one flight from montreal to san fran and then another from san fran for a really good price.

animalbirdfish · Joined: 04 Feb 2004

phaedrus · Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Location: I'm comin' to get ya.

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

bosintang · Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

When I first flew here in the Summer of 2003, I flew Halifax - Toronto via Air Canada, and Toronto - Seoul direct via Korean Air. Where's the big change? Was KE Air the only airline that flew Seoul-Toronto direct, before?

Hyalucent · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: British North America

meagicano · Joined: 02 Jan 2005

The change is that now it's an Air Canada flight, instead of Korean Air. I think that the new route starts in July.

HamuHamu · Joined: 01 May 2003 Location: Seoul

WhenI first came to Korea in the spring of 2002, the Korean Air website listed a daily flight from Toronto to Seoul. My hagwan sent me the confirmation that I was on one of these flights. All I had to do was call Korean Air to arrange to pick up my ticket at the airport. Sounds easy?

Called Kor.Air - they tell me that no such direct flight from Toronto to Seoul exists. Hmmm. Check website again. Yes, the schedule is there, listed with departure and arrival times for the next few months. Try to purchase a ticket online and it even says the number of remaining seats on the plane.

Call Korean Air (Toronto office) again. Same old story - no such flight exists, Korean Air does NOT fly direct from TOR to ICN. I made the mistake of trying to argue with her broken English for about 20 minutes, printed off the website page and faxed it to her. The response told me that these direct flights had been cancelled MONTHS ago, and they would give me no reason as to why

a) the website still allows you to purchase online tickets, and
b) I had an itinerary faxed to me from Korean Air in Seoul that stated I was on one of these flights.

In the end, Korean Air told me to call Air Canada to pick up my ticket. Of course Air Canada was as baffled by this as me, and in the end, it worked out that the flight code on my ticket was traced by AirCan to be the regular AC flight via Vancouver.

TO make a long story short, as much as I detest the Vancouver layover (same reasons as someone else stated with the lines and the baggage thing) - I fear getting on one of these planes from Seoul to Toronto for fear that I will be incredibly disappointed when we stop in Van anyway...

Confused

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003