Korean Air
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South Korea Set to Approve Korean Acquisition of Asiana
During what should have been a quiet week, Korean’s competition authority last week said it was going to approve the proposed acquisition…
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Nothing is Impossible: Korean Air Posts an Operating Profit, Buys Asiana
I was all set to publish a piece talking about Korean’s remarkable Q3 operating profit… and then that story was dwarfed by…
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Tokyo Hub? Who Needs a Tokyo Hub?
For many years, Delta seemed like an airline in search of an Asia strategy while its competitors pushed forward definitively. Now that…
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Delta and Korean Get Ready to Flex Their Joint Venture Muscles
It seems like we’ve been waiting for this for a long time. First we heard the news that the long-frosty relationship between…
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The American/China Southern and Delta/Korean Deals Carve Up the Future in Asia
Today I want to talk about a very important topic. Asia. Oh, shoot. In the heat of the moment I picked the…
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The Delta and Korean Air Relationship Begins to Thaw
It seems strange to be talking about any kind of thawing of relations in Korea considering what North Korea has been up…
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Strange Bedfellows: Korean to Codeshare with American
Airlines announce codesharing relationships all the time, and I usually don’t give them a second look. But when an announcement came through…
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Delta Turns Away From Tokyo in Favor of Seattle
For many years, Delta and United had very different operational strategies for Asia. United long ago shifted from focusing on its Tokyo…
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Delta and Korean Escalate Their Fight
Delta has made it clear that it wants a bigger piece of the Hollywood crowd’s business. What’s the best way to do…
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72 Hours With Korean Air: The Impressive Incheon Airport and the Flight Home (Trip Report)
After a whirlwhind couple of days in Korea, it was finally time to head home. But after having met with everyone from…
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72 Hours With Korean Air: Headquarters, Duty Free, Catering, and a Medical Center (Trip Report)
My first night of sleep in Korea was short after my A380 flight over. But after flying around the country on the…
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72 Hours With Korean Air: Jin Air, Je-Dong Farm, and the Tech Center (Trip Report)
After an excellent flight in, I crashed pretty hard in my room at the Hyatt Regency Incheon. But of course, my body…