SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean comedy film “Pilot,” starring Cho Jung-seok, continued to dominate the weekend box office, reaching a cumulative audience of 3.02 million viewers as of Monday, data showed Monday. Released July 31, the film attracted over 720,000 viewers during the weekend, capturing 46.7 percent of local box-office revenue from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean comedy film “Pilot,” starring Cho Jung-seok, has debuted at the top of the weekend box office, attracting nearly 1.1 million viewers, data showed Monday. Released Wednesday, “Pilot” drew more than 1.09 million moviegoers during its debut weekend, capturing 54 percent of local box-office revenue from Friday to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Set against the vibrant backdrop of South Korea, “Pilot” is a pleasant but uninspired comedy that fails to deliver the side-splitting laughs it seems to promise. A remake of the Swedish film “Cockpit,” the Korean flick follows the career crash-landing of Han Jung-woo (played by Cho Jung-seok), a star [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that an airline’s decision to lay off pilots during the COVID-19 pandemic was justified, given the severe economic challenges faced by the aviation industry. The Seoul Administrative Court recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by 29 pilots who were laid off from Airline A in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has developed a new English Proficiency Test for Aviation (EPTA), required for those who wish to become pilots or air traffic controllers, as a computer-based test (CBT) in a departure from the previous interview method. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on January [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in the history of South Korean Air Force, three female majors – Park Ji-won, Park Ji-yeon, and Ha Jung-mi – were appointed as squadron leaders, 15 years after Korea saw its first female air force pilot. The leaders will be in charge of aiding their [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 130 scheduled flights with South Korea’s largest flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. will be cancelled due to a walkout by unionized pilots, the transportation ministry said Wednesday. Unionized workers of Korean Air earlier said they will stage a 10-day walkout from Thursday. The scheduled strike follows [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air Lines Co. has dismissed a pilot for allegedly refusing to fly, though he claims he was following the company’s daily working regulations, its labor union said Wednesday, a move feared to deepen a rift caused by prolonged labor disputes at the country’s leading flag carrier. The pilot, who [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Data shows that the number of Korean pilots who are currently accepting jobs at Chinese airlines has increased. Kim, a pilot who moved from Korean Air to a Chinese airline two years ago, commented that Chinese airlines choose safety as their priority and pay their pilots more money than airlines [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The pilots’ union of Korean Air Lines (KAL) has released a statement outlining its official position with regards to SNS comments made by Chairman Cho Yang-ho, saying that he is “unqualified to be the CEO of an airline”. The controversy started when chairman Cho wrote a comment on a Facebook post [...]