SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Premia Inc., a South Korean “hybrid” budget carrier, will operate five long-haul routes by the end of next year to compete with bigger rivals as travel demand recovers amid eased COVID-19 virus curbs, its CEO said Thursday. Air Premia will begin services on the Incheon-Los Angeles route from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are bringing their dogs and cats with them when they travel by air. According to Korean Air Lines Co., 6,020 pets flew on its international flights and 12,775 pets travelled on domestic flights in the passenger cabin from January to August. During the same [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean flight attendants formerly employed by China Eastern Airlines Corp. who were laid off just prior to their expected promotion to regular employee status have won in a first-instance court trial. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the 70 flight attendants who sued [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Tuesday it will open the Incheon-Qingdao route next month to preemptively prepare for a recovering demand amid eased travel restrictions. Air Busan will deploy the 232-seat A321neo jet to provide one flight a week on the Incheon-Qingdao [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean low-cost carriers are enjoying a sharp increase in sales of in-flight meals on the back of increasing demand for overseas travel. Jeju Air Co., for instance, sold a total of 4,600 in-flight meals through advance orders last month, up 156 percent from June and 411 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co., a South Korean aircraft engine maker, said Tuesday it has received a US$165 million deal to supply an urban air mobility (UAM) component to Vertical Aerospace in Britain. Hanwha Aerospace will supply electromechanical actuators (EMAs) for the VX4, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines have seen a shrinking number of employees since the COVID-19 pandemic, many of whom left their jobs after struggling with long-term leave. Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, had 17,555 employees on its payroll as of earlier this year, down by 430 people [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has completed the development of key testing equipment for SPHEREx, the world’s first all-sky spectral space telescope being constructed under the leadership of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday. The team led by Jeong Woong-seob [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday it has been chosen as a preferred bidder for spearheading the development of low-observable, formation-flying unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) by the state-run military research agency. The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) recently finished the basic design for the formation-flying, unmanned aircraft after [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Friday it shifted to a net loss in the second quarter from a year earlier on increased foreign-exchange losses. Asiana swung to a net loss of 212.92 billion won (US$163 million) on a consolidated basis in the three months ended in [...]