SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air has come under fire yet again, as heiress Cho Hyun-min stands accused of throwing a violent tantrum and hurling verbal abuse (and perhaps some water) during a meeting with an ad agency. Cho, the Korean Air senior vice president, is a younger sister of Cho Hyun-ah, the infamous [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Friday they began a preliminary investigation into allegations that a daughter of Korean Air Lines Co.’s chief physically assaulted an advertising company official last month. Cho Hyun-min, an executive at the country’s largest air carrier and the second daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, is accused [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday one of its passenger jets hit its tail on the runway while landing at a Japanese airport, although no there were no injuries and no damage to the plane. On Monday morning at Kansai International Airport, the tail section of the South Korean flag carrier’s B737-900 jet made contact with the runway just as it touched [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The infamous airline executive behind the ‘nut rage’ incident will take on a new role as the president of a hotel affiliate owned by the Hanjin Group, which operates Korean Air. Cho Hyun-ah, the former vice president of Korean Air and the daughter of the chairman of the airline, has [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Instead of getting defensive, a receptive stance entailing an apologetic attitude is a more efficient approach for companies that are under fire and are subsequently attempting to cool public outrage on social media, research has found. A research team from UNIST examined Twitter data for 12 companies that were [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday it swung to a net profit in 2017, after posting a net loss a year earlier, on increased passenger demand and foreign-exchange gains. For the whole year, Korean Air shifted to a net profit of 801.9 billion won [...]
YEONGJONG, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Days away from launching its first international flight, the newly completed second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport is earning attention not just for the economic value it should generate, but also for the eye-catching artwork displayed throughout. One example of the decorations that have persuaded some to call [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air will fly a special jet airliner emblazoned with the official Olympic mascots to promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The promotional Airbus A330-200 aircraft will feature the mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and Paralympics, Suhorang and Bandabi, on its fuselage, Korean Air said on [...]
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. [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. will fly its new CS300 aircraft on the Seoul-Ulsan route later this month, Ulsan city government said Wednesday. South Korea’s flagship carrier will fly two fuel-efficient 127-seat CS300s, manufactured by Canadian aircraft company Bombardier, on domestic routes linking Seoul to Ulsan, Pohang, Yeosu [...]