SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Tuesday that it was introducing an e-Document System (e-DOC) to digitalize various documents that customers have to fill in for themselves, a first among global airlines. Passengers flying on Korean Air will be able to fill in 23 different [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday it will secure 557.8 billion won (US$470 million) through a property sale as part of its efforts to improve its financial status amid a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Korean Air will sign a deal to sell its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor union of South Korea’s biggest carrier Korean Air Lines Co. on Tuesday lodged a complaint against a female YouTuber who appears in underwear in a lookbook video before putting on flight attendant uniforms, alleging that she defamed the reputation of flight attendants. The complaint was filed with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, has developed a new solution that uses multiple drones to inspect the external condition of an aircraft. This solution will replace the work of mechanics who are required to climb up to a height of 20 meters for manual inspection. Korean [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it swung to the black in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, helped by strong cargo demand amid the extended COVID-19 pandemic. For the three months ended in September, Korean Air shifted to a net profit of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s flagship carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday that as part of its eco-friendly activities, it signed a business agreement with the Mapo District Office to establish the ‘SKYPASS Forest’ within the Gyeongui Line Forest Park. The construction for the third section (between Gajwa and DMC stations) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it has partnered with Boeing to jointly develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in preparation for future mobility demand. Korean Air signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing’s subsidiary Insitu for technical cooperation to develop a lightweight and modularized [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Wednesday it will resume flights to Hawaii next month after suspending the route for 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Korean Air made the decision to preemptively prepare for the post-pandemic travel demand as the government plans to adopt [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, is accelerating efforts to transform into an eco-friendly airline by introducing carbon neutral jet fuel for the first time among domestic airlines. The company announced on Monday that it had formed a tie-up with refiner SK Energy Co. for the introduction [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, on Thursday released name tags and golf ball markers made with parts from a Boeing 747-400 (HL7461), a retired aircraft. The airline made souvenirs using materials produced while disassembling the old aircraft. The HL7461, Korean Air’s last Boeing 747-400, was introduced [...]