TOKYO, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines has said it will compensate all passengers aboard its flight that skidded off the runway at a Japanese airport last week. South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier said on its Japanese website in a Saturday post that passengers who were on board Asiana flight OZ162 from Seoul to Hiroshima in [...]
TOKYO/SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean jetliner ran off the runway as it landed at Japan’s Hiroshima Airport on Tuesday, leaving almost 20 people slightly injured, according to officials and news reports. Asiana Airlines Flight 162, carrying 73 passengers and seven crew members, came to a stop after veering off the runway at [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 air carrier Korean Air saw its local brand value nosedive this year following last year’s “nut rage” case that outraged the nation’s public, a survey showed Tuesday. Brandstock, a South Korean market researcher that determines rankings of the top 100 local brands, said in its latest [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan has announced that it will be the first low-cost carrier in Korea to distribute dividends. Asiana Airlines, the City of Busan, Seun Steel and 11 other Busan-based companies holding shares in the airline will be paid 500 won (US$ 0.45) per share, following a board decision on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) transported more than half of domestic passengers for the first time last year as more consumers opted for their cheaper and improving flight services for short-distance travel, industry data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Jeju Air Co., the country’s largest budget [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government will ban Asiana Airlines from flying to San Francisco International Airport for 45 days as a punishment for causing a runway crash in July last year that killed three. On November 14, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said its administrative deposition deliberation committee decided to ground [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though the National Human Rights Commission of Korea has repeatedly warned to abolish physical requirements on height, five airlines in South Korea including Korean Airlines and its affiliate Jin Air, Jeju Air, Eastar Jet and T’way Air still keep applicants shorter than 162 centimeters, or about 5 feet 4 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Seung-Cheol, Korea’s popular singer and a former rock band member, was held for hours in Japan’s airport while arriving in Tokyo. According to his talent management agency Jinnenwon Music Works, Lee was going to go to Japan at one of his acquaintances’ invitation on November 9 through an [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) - LG Group affiliates have filed a lawsuit against 12 airline companies including Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines for losses due to collusion by the airliners on fuel surcharge. According to the Fair Trade Commission and industry sources on June 3, LG Group companies such as LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines marked 1,415 billion won of sales during the first quarter of this year but recorded a loss in operating profit (- 2.1 billion won) and net profit (- 46.6 billion won). Although the airliner recorded a deficit in operating profit during the first quarter, it narrowed the [...]