SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top carrier Korean Air Line Co. said Thursday it has clinched an exclusive deal worth 100 billion won (US$92.33 million) with Airbus to supply aircraft parts for the European firm’s new jet airliner. With the latest contract, Korean Air will deliver sharklets, specialized winglets attached to the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a Seoul court’s decision to sentence Cho Hyun-Ah, a former Korean Airlines vice-president, to three years in prison for violation of aviation safety, the former executive expressed feelings of regret at her appeal hearing, and plead for clemency on April 20 at Seoul High Court. She said that [...]
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 [...]
“When we want to bring corporate sponsors on board, there has to be some mutual benefits. We must convince the companies of the benefits they will enjoy if they sponsor the Winter Olympics. Early on, we didn’t do a great job of that. Nonetheless, many companies do believe that they’ll provide support to ensure the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top air carrier Korean Air Line Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Europe’s Airbus to jointly bid for Seoul’s indigenous fighter development project, Korean Air officials said Sunday. Codenamed KF-X, the 8.5 trillion won (US$8.3 billion) project calls for South Korea to develop fighter jets [...]
”It is questionable whether Cho truly feels remorseful. The so-called ‘nut rage’ case trampled on the integrity of humanity.” “The air route covered the entire course from departure to arrival, including the runway. There was an in-flight announcement that the plane had left the gate and the seatbelt sign was on. It was clearly taxiing.” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief flight attendant who had to deplane from the Korean Air flight at New York’s JFK International Airport last December in the “nut rage” incident, is now experiencing a harsh work schedule, which is arousing suspicion that the company is seeking revenge against the crew. Park Chang-jin, the purser [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) — Korean Air, South Korea’s top flag carrier, has started to sell tickets through online social commerce stores from late last month, a rare move seen as an effort to reach more customers as it comes under growing pressure from low-cost carriers expanding their market share. Flight tickets for the Seoul-Jeju [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier, ranked first in passenger transportation for the Gimpo-Jeju Island route for the first time last year thanks to its efforts to expand the number of flights for customers using the most popular air travel itinerary here, industry data showed Tuesday. According [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air, the talk of town after the “nut rage” scandal featuring former vice-president Cho Hyun-a and a ticketing mistake giving the wrong seat to singer Bobby Kim, is suffering from a drop in passengers, the only Korean airline seeing passenger numbers decline. In the face of intensifying competition from [...]