Korean Air

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air has exercised options to acquire six more Airbus A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air has finalized its acquisition of Asiana Airlines, allowing it to begin the next steps in merging the two carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
2024 was full of challenges and milestones for airline consolidation efforts around the world.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air appears close to gaining the clearances to take over Asiana Airlines, which would signal the end of a four-year journey through a regulatory maze.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The European Commission says Korean Air has sufficiently addressed competition concerns related to the carrier’s proposed takeover of Asiana Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
Airbus A380 operators Emirates, Korean Air and Lufthansa have been studied, as well as a composite of global carriers that do not operate the A380.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Drone inspection providers are gaining regulatory acceptance and expanding customers, use cases and global footprint.
Marketplace

By Adrian Schofield
Strong summer demand and increasing capacity drove revenue increases for Korean Air in Q3, although higher costs caused its net profit for the period to shrink.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp, David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air is further boosting its Japanese network in the fourth quarter, as its flights to this market exceed pre-pandemic levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines grapple with how to best leverage AI.
Airlines & Lessors

By Keith Mwanalushi
The cabin interior specialist says rebounding travel demand is driving airlines to retrofit fleets with new cabin branding elements.
Interiors & Connectivity

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis revisits some previously analyzed Asian airlines. This week All Nippon Airways, China Southern Airlines, IndiGo and Korean Air are in focus.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Korean Air expects to be able to start pooling resources with acquisition target Asiana from the beginning of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air is adding more routes and frequencies to China and Japan, another sign that demand is improving in these two key markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air has reached an agreement with Air Incheon regarding the sale of Asiana’s cargo unit, which is expected to be split off after Korean takes over Asiana.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Confidence is high that Boeing will meet its delivery commitments after the airline placed an order for up to 50 widebody aircraft.
On Location

By David Casey
Korean Air has boosted its order book with firm commitments for 20 777Xs and 20 787-10s, with options for 10 more 787-10s.
On Location

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air plans to begin scheduled services with its first Boeing 787-10 between Seoul and Tokyo Narita, also debuting a new widebody business-class product.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Korean Air has agreed to order 20 Boeing 777-9s here at the Farnborough Airshow, a significant boost for Boeing’s much-delayed widebody program.
Farnborough Airshow

By Adrian Schofield
The second half of 2024 could be an important period for Asia-Pacific aircraft orders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air plans to make significant progress toward the full restoration of capacity in mainland China by resuming multiple routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
South Korea’s international passenger traffic has almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels and is exceeding them in some key markets.
Airlines & Lessors