SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. is scheduled to freeze fuel surcharges on international routes in August despite high jet fuel prices, industry sources said Monday. Starting Aug. 1, South Korea’s leading air carrier will apply a 42,900 won (US$32.6) to 339,300 won surcharge on one-way tickets for international routes, depending [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it has showcased its urban air mobility (UAM) technologies at Britain’s international air show through its wholly-owned U.S. UAM unit, Supernal. Supernal unveiled a peep into the future electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept, its design and technologies at the [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Air Force’s aerobatic flight team received two top awards at the world’s largest military air show in Britain over the weekend, the armed service said Monday. The Black Eagles team clinched the King Hussein Memorial Sword for the best overall flying demonstration and the As the [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, on Sunday resumed the Incheon-Sapporo route after more than two years of suspension, as pent-up travel demand was unleashed amid eased virus curbs. Korean Air said it will operate two flights a week on the Sapporo route starting from Sunday. [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major travel agencies are releasing charter flight package tours primarily for Southeast Asia as part of efforts to better cope with the recent hike in air ticket prices caused by higher oil prices and a weak Korean won. Hana Tour sold specially-priced air tickets to Southeast Asia [...]
ISTANBUL/SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean Air plane that departed from Turkiye made an emergency landing in Azerbaijan after a defect was found in one of its engines, the Seoul-based firm said Sunday. The Incheon-bound KE9956 aircraft with 215 passengers and 10 crew members aboard landed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in the [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — T’way Air, a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it has opened an Incheon-Mongolia route as pent-up travel demand is unleashed amid eased virus curbs. T’way Air has deployed a 347-seat A330-300 jet to provide three flights a week between Incheon, some 30 kilometers west of Seoul, and Ulaanbaatar [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean logistics giant CJ Logistics Corp. said Monday it had successfully delivered nine T-50B supersonic trainer jets from an air base in nearby Wonju to London to participate in an international air show. The T-50B, the aerobatic aircraft of the South Korean Air Force’s aerobatic flight team, the [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday started transporting the country’s first lunar orbiter to the United States ahead of next month’s launch using a SpaceX rocket, officials said. South Korea plans to launch the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral [...]