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 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, resumed its Incheon-Beijing route Saturday after suspending it for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An Asiana plane carrying 141 passengers left Incheon International Airport in the morning and arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport, the company said. Before [...]
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, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Once firmly on the path to recovery from the disruption brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the South Korean airline industry is now facing a crisis of being trapped in ‘three highs,’ a term describing high inflation, high exchange rates and high interest rates. The price of aircraft fuel [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it will expand flights on its European routes later this month as eased virus restrictions unleash pent-up demand. Asiana Airlines will increase flights on the routes from Incheon to Frankfurt and London beginning May 28 and May 30, respectively, the [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it will reopen the route to India this week as eased virus restrictions unleash pent-up demand. Asiana will offer one flight a week on the Incheon-Delhi route starting Friday after it suspended the route 33 months ago on July 8, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Tuesday its net losses deepened in 2021 from a year earlier due to increased foreign exchange losses and the continued impact from the pandemic. Net losses widened to 618.15 billion won (US$516 million) last year from 502.97 billion won a year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it had created pouches that can carry 11-inch tablet PCs by recycling old uniforms worn by flight attendants. The tablet pouches were designed after the official uniform worn by flight attendants at Asiana. The company plans to give them out [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a decline in the number of passengers on international routes due to the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea’s two full-service carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., which are scheduled to be merged, are expanding the scope of mileage redemption policies as part of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Wednesday it has scrapped plans to resume flights to Guam in December, in response to the spread of a new coronavirus variant and subsequent travel restrictions. Asiana had been scheduled to reopen the Incheon-Guam route on Dec. 23, as rising vaccination [...]