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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it will resume flights to Guam late next month to preemptively respond to pent-up travel demand amid rising vaccinations and eased virus curbs. Asiana plans to run a 188-seat A321NEO plane and operate two flights a week on the Incheon-Guam [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it swung to a net loss in the third quarter from a year earlier on foreign-exchange losses and one-off costs. Asiana logged a net loss of 386.19 billion won (US$327 million) on a consolidated basis in the three months ending [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it will increase the number of flights to Singapore starting this month as the two countries recently signed a travel bubble agreement. A travel bubble refers to a quarantine-free travel partnership between two or more cities or countries with similar [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, will resume offering business class services on domestic flights starting next month, industry insiders said Monday, as it tries to improve profitability amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Asiana will begin running business class cabins on select domestic flights Nov. 5, according to company [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest carrier, said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit jumped 22 percent from a year earlier on strong cargo demand amid an extended COVID-19 pandemic. For the three months ended in June, net profit rose to 60.8 billion won (US$52 million) from 50 billion won [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday its net losses narrowed in the first quarter from a year earlier as increased cargo sales helped offset a slump in passenger travel. Net losses stood at 230.4 billion won (US$202.9 million) in the January-March period, compared with a loss [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s largest airline, said Wednesday it plans to launch a merged entity with its smaller rival Asiana Airlines Ltd. in 2024 after completing a takeover process next year. Korean Air, which announced plans to acquire the debt-ridden Asiana for 1.8 trillion won (US$1.6 billion) in [...]