SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Seoul Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Monday it has designated one restroom on each of its routes as female-only to meet demand from women travelers. “Our business data shows six out of 10 passengers are women, and the company has responded to requests for women-only toilets [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines said Friday it will partly cut back flight services to U.S. and European cities starting in October to comply with instructions by the government. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport conducted a special inspection of the carrier earlier this month for its high rate of flight [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday it will examine all of its B737 planes that use the same engine as the one that failed on a Southwest Airlines flight, resulting in the death of a passenger. The company plans to voluntarily examine most of 35 B737 jets by November, though not all of them use the problematic CFM56-7B turbofan engine, a company spokeswoman said over the phone. The country’s [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline by sales, said Wednesday that the company received its fifth A350-900 wide-body jet from Airbus, allowing it to better meet the needs of the traveling public going forward. The plane is part of an order of 30 twin-engine jets placed by the airline as it upgrades its fleet. “The jet arrived [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc. will transform itself into a passenger carrier that mainly provides service on long-haul routes to better boost profitability, the company’s president said Tuesday. For the past three decades, the country’s second-biggest full-service carrier by sales has focused on short and medium-haul routes mainly heading to Asian [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s airlines will hire more than 3,500 workers this year as they move to serve ever rising numbers of air passengers, industry sources said Wednesday. Korean Air Lines Co. said it will recruit more than 1,000 new workers, noting that it will fly 17 new flights this year. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean airlines will focus on increasing profits and making aggressive investments in fleets this year to better absorb rising travel and cargo demand, industry sources said Thursday. Full-service carriers such as Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have drawn up their business plans focusing on profitability. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A chartered South Korean passenger carrier will be sent to Indonesia on Thursday to bring home hundreds of South Koreans stranded after a volcanic eruption in Bali shut down nearby airports, the foreign ministry said. The Asiana Airlines flight will depart for Juanda International Airport near Indonesia’s Surabaya in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Local carrier Asiana Airlines said Thursday it will begin a hybrid beacon service to guide its passengers from the moment of arrival at the airport to final boarding. The service will be available to those who purchase tickets through the company’s mobile app and accept the terms of use [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A portmanteau of “chat” and “robot”, chatbots are computer programs designed to simulate human conversation in both spoken speech and text format. With the seemingly inevitable advent of artificial intelligence approaching nearer by the day, South Korean airlines, entertainment and banking industry players are taking measures to get ahead [...]