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Sun, April 5, 2020 | 00:49

Virus fallout: Empty in-flight meal carts [PHOTOS]

Virus fallout: Empty in-flight meal carts [PHOTOS]

An aircraft meal cart is almost empty at Korean Air's in-flight meal production center in Incheon, Thursday. The facility, which used to produce 70,000 meals a day before the outbreak of the coronavirus, now makes only 3,700 as most flights are grounded.

Park Si-soo | 2020-04-02 17:03

'It's still too early to ease social distancing'

Korean budget carrier Eastar Jet to lay off 750 employees

Korean budget carrier Eastar Jet to lay off 750 employees

Eastar Jet, a Korean budget airline, plans to lay off 750 employees due to financial difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to industry sources Thursday, the company plans to lay off 45 percent of its 1,680 workers - to 930 - to keep the business afloat amid the crisis. The company is also in talks to reduce its fleet by 10 planes to 13.

Jung Min-ho | 2020-04-02 13:51

Foreign Korean Air pilots to take 3 months of unpaid leave

Foreign Korean Air pilots to take 3 months of unpaid leave

Korean Air Lines Co. is set to put all of its non-Korean pilots on a three-month unpaid leave starting next month in a self-rescue effort amid worsening business conditions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Under the measure, 387 pilots are expected to go on mandatory unpaid leave from April 1 to June 30, an industry source said Tuesday.

2020-04-01 14:25

Hanjin chief calls for gov't support over coronavirus

Hanjin chief calls for gov't support over coronavirus

Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae called Sunday for government support as he is pushing to raise funds to tide over difficulties over the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

2020-03-30 10:26

Hanjin chairman wins vote showdown with sister

Hanjin chairman wins vote showdown with sister

Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae was reappointed as an executive director of Hanjin KAL, the group's holding company, Friday, defending his management rights of the logistics-centered business group amid a sibling feud with his elder sister and group heiress Cho Hyun-ah.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-03-27 16:43

Hanjin chairman has upper hand over sister

Hanjin chairman has upper hand over sister

Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae has gained an advantageous position over a three-party alliance led by his elder sister and group heiress Cho Hyun-ah in a fight for control of the logistics-centered conglomerate, as a Seoul court ruled against the alliance, Tuesday, reducing its shares eligible for voting rights, industry officials said Wednesday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-03-25 17:04

Airlines join hands in coping with COVID-19

Airlines join hands in coping with COVID-19

Airlines in and outside the country have joined forces in a worldwide effort to fight the COVID-19 outbreak and minimize damage or inconvenience to passengers amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis, airline industry officials said Friday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-03-25 17:00

Asiana flight attendant on Incheon-New York flight infected with COVID-19

Asiana flight attendant on Incheon-New York flight infected with COVID-19

Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's second-biggest airline, said Tuesday it has asked 12 cabin crew members to self-isolate after their colleague on a Incheon-New York flight was diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The infected flight attendant flew with the 12 others on the flight OZ222, which left Incheon last Tuesday (Korean time) and returned on the flight OZ221 from New ...

2020-03-24 11:28

Incheon airport takes hit from plunging travel demand

Incheon airport takes hit from plunging travel demand

Incheon International Airport is struggling with the plunging number of international travelers amid the continued COVID-19 outbreak, with concerns that the number of daily passengers using the airport could drop to below 10,000 for the first time since its opening in 2001, government and airport officials said Wednesday.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-03-18 17:28

Incheon, Gimpo airports hit hard by entry restrictions

Incheon, Gimpo airports hit hard by entry restrictions

The nation's two largest airports - Incheon International Airport and Gimpo International Airport - were left virtually empty, Monday, as Korea and Japan began enforcing tightened entry restrictions against each other's citizens, according to officials from airports and airlines.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-03-09 16:48

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