Asiana Airlines

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 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 Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

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

By Adrian Schofield
This represents an important step toward the proposed Korean Air-Asiana merger.
Airlines & Lessors

Four airlines had expressed interest in the Asiana freighter acquisition—Air Incheon, Air Premia, Eastar Jet and Jeju Air.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean LCC Jeju Air has decided not to pursue a bid for Asiana’s freighter operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
With only a handful of regulators left to approve the merger, Korean Air is working on the transition and integration of new fleet and manpower.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier expects to confirm deals by the third quarter as order activity in Asia heats up.
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 is reportedly considering an order for 20 Airbus A350s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air has started construction of a new aircraft engine maintenance cluster in Unbuk, near Incheon International Airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The Korean Air-Asiana merger process is spawning significant opportunities for other carriers thanks to competition remedies required by overseas regulators.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Asiana’s cargo division will be sold if the Korean Air-Asiana merger is finalized.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air has agreed to sell off Asiana Airlines' cargo business and support T'Way's European expansion to secure approval from Brussels for the takeover.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan was one of three remaining jurisdictions that had not approved the deal; the last two are the U.S. and the EU.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The recovery of the mainland China market will be particularly closely watched, along with expected major developments in airline consolidation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The European Commission has set a new target date for deciding whether to approve Korean Air’s proposed takeover of Asiana.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The Asiana board says it will meet again in November, after an Oct. 30 meeting about Korean Air’s proposal did not produce a decision on the freighter sell-off.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean LCC T’Way Air could play a role in Korean Air’s proposal to ease concerns from European regulators about the merger of Korean Air and Asiana.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The European Commission launched an in-depth investigation of the Korean Air-Asiana proposal in February over competition concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Before the announcement, Asiana Pilots Union members had been engaging in a work-to-rule campaign, and had recently announced an indefinite strike from July 24.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Asiana’s pilots are stepping up their industrial action with plans for a strike following a long-running standoff with the South Korean airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Accidents are becoming more survivable, meaning regulators are doing their jobs, but finding additional improvements has become more challenging.
Safety, Ops & Regulation