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Korean Air will request passengers to weigh themselves at the airport before boarding their flight. However, the airline's goal is not to engage in body shaming or other forms of discrimination against passengers because of their weight. Instead, Korean Air plans to " the average weight of passengers along with their carry-on items for flight safety."  Korean Air announced that the program will affect some passengers departing from its hubs at Gimpo International Airport (GMP) and Incheon International Airport (ICN) in Seoul. The program will run from August 28 to September 3 at Gimpo and from September 8 to 19 at...

A Korean Air plane on the tarmac A Korean Air passenger airplane from Incheon International Airport to Gimhae International Airport failed to land and returned to Incheon, delaying its arrival at Gimhae by about three hours. According to Korean Air on Sept. 2, a Korean Air passenger flight (KE1419) that took off from Incheon Airport at 6:25 p.m. on Sept. 1 and was scheduled to arrive at Gimhae Airport at 7:30 p.m. failed to land at the airport twice and was diverted back to Incheon. After refueling and replacing the captain, the flight resumed...

In the coming weeks, Korean Air will weigh passengers along with their carry-on luggage, when travelling on domestic and international flights, in compliance with aviation laws. The airline plans to apply a standard weight check on passengers, including their carry-on baggage, at Gimpo International Airport from August 28 to September; and international passengers at Incheon International Airport from September 8 to 19, according to an article on The Korea Times news website. The airline confirmed that the data collected will be anonymous and used for safety operations. Passengers who do not wish to be weighed don’t need to worry –...

(Korean Air) The combined value of unused miles at South Korea's two major air carriers reached 3.4 trillion won ($2.5 billion) as of the first half of 2023, data showed Sunday, amid the extension of expiry dates after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted international travel.The amount of the deferred income of the two companies, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, which can be translated into unredeemed miles, marked a 17.4 percent rise from the same period in 2019, according to the companies' regulatory filings.Korean Air accounted for 2.4 trillion won, with Asiana Airlines taking up 942 billion won.During the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

Korean Air customers can now redeem more miles when purchasing Cash and Miles tickets, as the maximum amount of redeemable miles has increased from 20% to 30%. Cash and Miles is an option that allows SKYPASS members to pay for tickets using a combination of cash and award miles, and is available for all departure dates and booking classes. Korean Air introduced the Cash and Miles program in 2021 to provide more opportunities for customers to redeem the miles that they have accumulated. Customers can now redeem up to 30% of the fare (excluding taxes and fuel surcharges) with miles...

Cargo is loaded onto a Korean Air A330 jet at a local airport on Aug. 6, 2020. Global air freight rates have declined for the fourth consecutive month by over 40%. This is perceived as a setback for Korean Air, which requires new market entrants for its merger with Asiana Airlines. On Aug. 16, according to freight analysis firm Xeneta, the global average monthly spot air freight rate recorded US$2.2 per kilogram in the last month, a 41% decrease from the same month last year. This marks a continuous decline for ten months since September of the...

Settings Business 2023-08-09 15:51 Skepticism grows over success of Korean Air's protracted efforts to acquire Asiana Airplanes of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are parked at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul in this 2022 file photo. Newsis By Park Jae-hyukThere is growing skepticism over the success of Korean Air's efforts over the last three years to acquire Asiana Airlines, according to industry officials, Wednesday.Such concerns have emerged as antitrust regulators of the U.S. and the European Union kept delaying...

Korean Air is joining the post-pandemic push for a fresh take on business class, with new suites coming to both the Boeing 787-10 and 777 fleet. The SkyTeam member’s plans were revealed in a regulatory filing made with the US Department of Transportation, which – while scant on hard details – confirmed the “new business class suite seat design” would debut on the Korean flag-carrier’s Boeing 787-10 jets, the first of which is expected to arrive in October 2023 and take wing in November. These same suites will later be added to the long-range Boeing 777-300ER fleet – and they’ll...

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