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Korean Air to order up to 50 widebody Boeing aircraft

Korean Air signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing on July 22 at the Farnborough International Airshow to upgrade and expand its widebody fleet. The airline has announced its intent to procure 20 Boeing 777-9s and 20 Boeing 787-10s with options for…

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Korean Air to launch new route to Macau

Flights depart from Incheon International Airport at 9:15 pm and arrive at Macau International Airport at 11:55 pm. The return flight departs from Macau International Airport at 1:10 am the next day and arrives at Incheon International Airport at 6:00 am. The…

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Korean Air plans to make 16 trillion won in sales by 2023

Korean Air unveiled its mid-term business strategy Tuesday, saying it aims to record 16.2 trillion won ($14.4 billion) in sales by 2023. The goal comes as the airline’s March shareholders’ meeting draws near. Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho’s term at the…

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Korean Air swings to net loss in 2018 from 2017 profit

Korean Air Lines said Tuesday it swung to a net loss in 2018 from a year earlier due to hefty foreign-exchange losses. The Korean flag carrier posted a net loss of 167.59 billion won ($150 million), after a net profit of 801.9 billion won a year earlier. As…

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Korean Air’s jets get name of East Sea badly wrong

Korean Air, the country’s flag carrier, displayed maps with the “Sea of Japan” aboard some its flights rather than the East Sea, the name supported by the Korean government. The Japanese name of the sea, which is opposed by Korea, was found on a number of…

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With China business back, Korean Air’s net triples in Q3

Korean Air’s net profit in the third quarter more than tripled in comparison to last year largely due to increased sales of long-haul flight tickets and a business recovery in China, the company said in an earnings report on Tuesday. The company posted 267.8…

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Korean Air shifting most of its data to Amazon’s AWS

Korean Air Lines said Tuesday it will transfer most of its data and applications to Amazon’s cloud computing platform as it overhauls its IT infrastructure over the next three years. The planned data migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS) is part of Korean…

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Korean Air launches new route to Boston with Delta

Korean Air Lines, the country’s flag carrier, said Monday it will open a new route to Boston in April next year as part of a joint venture with Delta Air Lines. Korean Air plans to use Boeing 787s to provide five flights per week on the Incheon-Boston route,…

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Korean Air brand value plummets following scandal

The brand value of Korean Air fell sharply in the second quarter over a series of allegations involving the family that owns it, an appraisal website showed Sunday. The flag carrier’s brand value ranked 36th in the April-June period, down from 11th a quarter…

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Korean Air hiring flight attendants

Korean Air’s reputation may be in the gutter due to ongoing investigations into its owner family, but it’s hiring. Korea’s largest airline is looking to take on 600 new flight attendants this year, the company said on Tuesday. Korean Air began recruiting 200…

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Korean Air Charters Flight Directly to Lombok

Korean Air is set to open a chartered flight from Incheon airport to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), starting on July 29. According to Head of the NTB tourism agency, Lalu Moh Faozal, the South Korean airline has prepared seven flights up to October 9. “The…

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Korean Air to fly to Lombok Island

The South Korean airline and flag carrier company Korean Air is ready to fly to Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, in July and Aug 2017. “The Korean Air will open a charter flight for seven times,” Lombok International Airports General Manager I…