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• Open Skies for Japan and South Korea.(Asia Pacific)

  - 2007-11-01

  An 'Open Skies' deal has been signed between the Japanese and South Korean governments lifting restrictions on airline frequency, passenger capacity and number of destinations between the two countries (with the exception of the congested Tokyo airports--both cargo and passenger). Asiana Airlines and...

  Tags: Government, Korean Air, SOFTWARE

• Ticket skyjacking cartel.(NAMES IN THE NEWS)

  - 2007-09-01

  BRITISH AIRWAYS AND SOUTH KOREAN AIR LINES in August agreed to plead guilty and pay separate $300 s million criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix the prices of passenger and cargo flights. Federal officials say that two other airlines--Virgin Atlantic and ...

  Tags: British Airways Plc., Government, kilogram, Korean Air, SECURITY, surcharge, Virgin Atlantic

• Seoul steps up pressure on striking Korean Air pilots

  - 2005-12-08

  SEOUL AFP — The government has stepped closer intervening to end a pilots' strike at Korean Air amid concerns the industrial action at South Korea's largest airline could undermine a year-end export boom. Korean Air had to cancel 63 percent of all flights scheduled for Friday, up from 53...

  Tags: Government, Korean Air, SOFTWARE, strike

• Korean Air pilots launch strike

  - 2005-12-07

  SEOUL AFP — Pilots at Korean Air have launched a strike to push for higher wages, disrupting domestic and international services. The industrial action forced South Korea's biggest airliner to cancel 204 flights, 53 percent of a total of 387 scheduled for the day, Korean Air said. The...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, Government, Korean Air, salary, strike

• BRIEFING - ASIA AVIATION - JUNE 28, 2004.

  - 2004-06-28

  An executive briefing on aviation for June 28, 2004, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. INDIA'S UB GROUP TO LAUNCH AIRLINE BY 2004-END WITH 8 PLANES NEW DELHI - Taking competition in domestic aviation...

  Tags: aviation, FINANCE, Government, India, Korean Air, Manufacturing

• S. KOREA TIGHTENS AIRPORT SECURITY AFTER THREATS OF TERRORISM.

  - 2004-01-19

  SEOUL, Jan 19 Asia Pulse - A Korean Air (KSE:003490) jet, which a self-proclaimed Southeast Asian terrorist group had vowed to attack, arrived safely in Busan from Bangkok, shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, Korean Air said. The jet touched down at Busan's Gimhae International Airport at 9:08 a.m.,...

  Tags: Akia, Government, Korean Air, SECURITY, terrorism

• South Korean airlines install bulletproof cockpit doors

  - 2003-11-07

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD South Korean airlines Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have installed bulletproof cockpit doors on the majority of their fleet. Asiana Airlines has reportedly equipped 57 of its 64 aircraft with the doors, while Korean Air has installed the doors on 101 of...

  Tags: aircraft, C, Government, Korean Air, Manufacturing

• BRIEFING - ASIA AVIATION - JUNE 5, 2003.

  - 2003-06-05

  An executive briefing on aviation for June 5, 2003, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. KOREAN AIR MOVES TO TAKE OVER KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES SEOUL - The sale of the Korea Aerospace Industries KAI...

  Tags: Asia, aviation, Benefits, FINANCE, Government, Korean Air, Manufacturing, Sydney

• BUSINESS IN ASIA TODAY - JUNE 5, 2003.

  - 2003-06-05

  Business in Asia on June 5, 2003. A summary prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, market intelligence and business opportunities: MITSUBISHI, SIEMENS VDO AUTO TO BUILD NEW PLANT IN AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE - Local car producer Mitsubishi and component producer...

  Tags: Asia, China, Government, Indonesia, Korean Air, Mitsubishi Corp., Siemens AG, tobacco

• Korean Air resumes flight to Taiwan for 1st time since 1992

  - 2002-12-30

  TAIPEI, Dec. 27 Kyodo A Korean Air charter with 144 passengers on board arrived in Taiwan on Friday, marking the first flight from Seoul to Taipei since two countries severed diplomatic ties in 1992. On Dec. 21, a charter flight by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways carrying...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Korean Air, Taipei, Taiwan, Transportation