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Asiana Airlines passenger planes are seen at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 2, 2023. [YONHAP]

Asiana offers to discount up to 10,000 miles on international award tickets

Asiana Airlines announced its offering to discount up to 10,000 miles on international award tickets, in a push to make passengers deplete existing mileages before a scheduled merger with Korean Air.

2025.6.18

Unionized Asiana Airlines workers hold a press conference opposing their employer's merger with Korean Air Lines in central Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Asiana union to seek indictment of CEO for 'breach of trust'

Unionized Asiana Airlines workers plan to indict CEO Won Yoo-seok for breach of trust over the proposed merger with Korean Air Lines.

2024.7.11

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Korean Air Lines' new in-flight safety video featuring virtual human 'Rina' [KOREAN AIR LINES]

New Korean Air safety video features metaverse flight attendant, virtual K-pop stars

Korean Air introduced a new safety video featuring a virtual flight attendant named Rina, who demonstrates in-flight regulations to passengers.

2024.1.4

Airplanes of Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines parked at Incheon International Airport. [YONHAP]

Asiana Airlines, Korean Air shares soar ahead of key merger decision

Shares linked with a merger between Asiana Airlines and Korean Air Lines surge in the morning trade on Monday, boosted by an expectation that a board meeting could increase chances of regulatory approval of the merger.

2023.10.30

An Asiana Airlines cargo plane [ASIANA AIRLINES]

Korean Air to decide Asiana's cargo business sale to aid merger hopes

Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines are slated to decide on selling the latter carrier’s cargo business at a board meeting on Monday, which could influence the European antitrust regulators’ decision to permit a merger between the companies.

2023.10.29

A Korean Air Lines flight taxis at Incheon International Airport in July. [NEWS1]

Korean Air serves coffee with glass shard to passenger, report says

A 0.5-centimeter long, 0.1-centimeter thick piece of glass was found in an iced coffee drink served as part of an in-flight meal on a Korean Air flight heading to Incheon International Airport from Guangzhou, China, on Sep. 1, Yonhap reported Sunday.

2023.9.18

Representatives from GS Caltex, Korean Air Lines and the government attend a ceremony to commemorate the first test flight using bio-jet fuels in Korea at Incheon International Airport on Tuesday. [MINISTRY OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ENERGY]

GS Caltex, Korean Air to begin biofuel test flights

Bio-jet fuel made with used cooking oils and animal fats will power a cargo plane in test flights for the first time in Korea, GS Caltex said Tuesday.

2023.9.5

Korean Air Lines' and Asiana Airlines' airplanes parked at Incheon International Airport. [YONHAP]

KDB denies ‘Plan B’ exists on Korean Air-Asiana deal

The Korea Development Bank (KDB), a main creditor of Asiana Airlines, has denied media reports it is considering the sale of Asiana Airlines to a third party other than Korean Air Lines.

2023.8.8

Korean Air Lines' Boeing 787-9 [KOREAN AIR LINES]

Korean Air to appeal Russian court's $46 million penalty ruling

Korean Air Lines has been fined 4.15 billion rubles ($46 million) by a Russian arbitration court for an "omission" in the airline's departure process at a Moscow airport in early 2021.

2023.7.26

Former Korean Air Lines Vice President Cho Seung-yeon, formerly known as Cho Hyun-ah [JOONGANG ILBO]

'Nut rage' Korean Air heir changes her name

Former Korean Air Lines Vice President Cho Hyun-ah, a central figure in the "nut rage" scandal, changed her name to Cho Seung-yeon. Cho reportedly received approval from the Seoul Family Court for the change, according to industry sources Thursday.

2023.7.7