SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. has stopped providing peanuts onboard its flights to protect passengers with allergies. Beginning on March 25, Korean Air replaced the famous ‘honey peanuts’ provided to passengers with crackers. In addition, peanut-related recipes will be excluded from all meals provided to the passengers. Passengers with severe [...]
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, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court upheld Thursday a lower court’s suspended sentence for a daughter of the Korean Air Lines Co. chief for ordering her flight back to a gate in New York three years ago because she was upset about the way her nuts were served on the plane. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top family-controlled conglomerates, known here as chaebol, are scrambling to ramp up their community outreach programs in a bid to burnish their image and quell escalating anti-chaebol sentiment sparked by a nasty power struggle at Lotte Group. Lotte, the fifth-largest conglomerate, remains embroiled in a family feud [...]
The ex-vice president of Korean airlines, Cho Hyun-ah, submitted a motion to dismiss a case filed against her by flight attendant Kim Do-hee, regarding the infamous “nut rage” incident that occurred last year. (Image : Yonhap) Seoul, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) - The ex-vice president of Korean airlines, Cho Hyun-ah, submitted a motion to dismiss a [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government has revised aeronautics laws to require the mandatory reporting of work disturbances, commotions and the use of electronic devices as illegal acts on airplanes, and is now notifying passengers in an in-flight announcement. It appears that Cho Hyun-Ah’s infamous ‘nut rage’ case and an in-flight disturbance caused [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Wednesday it will take appropriate measures against a suit in New York, filed by one of the firm’s flight attendants related to last year’s “nut rage” case, once the company gets an official notice on the matter. “We have not yet [...]
”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.” [...]