SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Atlas Air of the United States, one of the world’s largest air cargo carriers, plans to build a large-scale aircraft maintenance facility at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, the airport’s operator said Thursday. Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), the operator of the nation’s largest airport, said it signed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s top air carrier, said Wednesday that it had installed sleeper seats in the business class of its smaller aircraft for the first time among domestic airlines. The newly-installed seats have a 180-degree flat-bed function. Korean Air introduced the lie-flat seats for the Prestige class [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Thursday it has launched eco-friendly flight initiatives, including the deployment of aircraft mounted with highly efficient new engines. The company announced that the BX 747 flight from Incheon to Bangkok will be operated under the eco-friendly theme [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday that South Korean companies held a joint demonstration of urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft at Gimpo Ara Marina in western Seoul. A UAM flight demonstration by local startups V Space and Voltline took place as part of the proceedings. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Tuesday it has resumed the Incheon-Nagoya route in two and a half years, as eased virus restrictions have unleashed pent-up travel demand. Jeju Air began to offer seven flights a week on the Nagoya route Tuesday. The route was suspended [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Wednesday it will resume three Southeast Asian routes next month as travel demand recovers amid eased virus curbs. Air Busan will resume services on the routes from Busan to Nha Trang, Vietnam, on Dec. 14, and Kota [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Monday its third-quarter net profit more than tripled from a year earlier on recovering travel demand amid eased virus curbs. On a consolidated basis, net profit for the three months ended in September jumped to 374.26 billion won (US$285 million) from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it will expand the number of flights on routes to Asian countries from later this month as travel demand recovers amid eased COVID-19 curbs. Korean Air will gradually resume routes from Incheon to Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sapporo, Okinawa and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Friday it will open the Busan-Kota Kinabalu route next month as travel demand recovers amid eased COVID-19 virus curbs. Jin Air will operate a 189-seat B737-800 on the route and provide seven flights a week starting [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday its third-quarter net profit more than tripled on recovering travel demand following eased antivirus curbs. Net income for the three months that ended in September amounted to 431.4 billion won (US$302.6 million), up from 134 billion won tallied [...]