SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean consumer rights group has applied for a provisional injunction against the two major South Korean airlines, Asiana Airlines Inc. and Korean Air Lines Co., after it was announced that some mileage accrued under their frequent flier programs would expire next year. Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry said Thursday it will look into overall working conditions of cabin crew members at local airlines after some employees fell ill recently. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it plans to check into the working hours of pilots, cabin crew and support staff [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s airlines will impose higher fuel surcharges on international passengers next month due to the rise in jet fuel prices, industry sources said Thursday. Local airlines didn’t impose fuel surcharges on long-haul routes from May to September, as the average price of jet fuel remained below the benchmark [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean low-cost carriers Air Busan and T’way Air will set up new routes to Japanese cities as part of efforts to offset declines in demand from China, the companies said Friday. The number of Chinese travelers has sharply declined following the ban on all travel packages to South [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s No. 1 airline, said Thursday it will increase flights on international routes and add fuel-efficient planes on the routes to help buoy its bottom line. In the coming months, Korean Air plans to gradually expand flights on routes to major cities in Europe [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean airlines said Tuesday they will reduce China-bound flights temporarily to cope with falling tourist demand after Beijing ordered its travel agencies to stop selling group tours in protest of Seoul’s installation of a U.S. anti-missile system. Local air carriers, including budget carriers, are facing difficulties after Beijing [...]
SEJONG, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A revised bill to Korea’s aviation security law was passed on Thursday, after rising concerns over an increasing number of air rage incidents on flights to and from Korea, an initiative that specifies legal punishment for those violating the law. Punishment for air rage assaults that threaten the safety [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The drunk passenger that went on a verbal and physical rampage on Korean Air flight in December turned out to be just one of hundreds of examples of illicit activities taking place on commercial flights to and from Korea. Official data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s major airlines continued to do well in terms of sales last year, but their profitability fell far short of those of other global airlines, market data showed Monday. In a 12-month period starting from September 2015, sales of South Korea’s largest full service carrier (FSC), Korean Air [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Just one month ago, a 34-year-old Korean man went into a fit of air rage on a Korean Air flight from Hanoi to Incheon. The incident attracted international attention after American singer Richard Marx, who was also on the plane, uploaded footage of the encounter on his Facebook page. [...]