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, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it will accelerate the review of a deal by Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s biggest carrier, to buy the debt-ridden Asiana Airlines Inc. In November 2020, Korean Air inked a deal to acquire a 63.88 percent stake in its smaller rival Asiana [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Wednesday it has been ordered by Chinese authorities to temporarily suspend its flights to Shenyang over novel coronavirus infections found among passengers aboard its plane that landed there earlier this month. Eight Chinese passengers aboard the Korean Air flight [...]
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 [...]